Saturday, April 21, 2018

The story of Harriot Jacobs

Hariot  Jacobs, born a slave in North Carolina, lived under a cruel and abusive master. Jacobs could not wthstand the brutal sexal harrasemnt from her master this she fled her planation in 1835. After fleeding, she stayed in her grandmother r house but sense she knew how highly it was for her to get cuaght, she decided to hide herslef in a tiny attic-like room. The room was infested with rats and was only 9 feet long and 7 feet wide. There was not port for light nor air, adn Jacob spent a rough 7 years in the tiny room. She made her escap in 1842 after a friend helped her find a boat leading to Philadelphia. After the boat, she took a train to New York. She later became an aboloitionist andwrote a book recount her traumatic experiences as a slave.

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