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It was not Harriet Jacob's nature to give up without a fight. Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements made by her master for years, then run away to the North.

Abolitionist and writer Harriet Jacobs, born in North Carolina, travelled to Steventon, Oxfordshire, in 1845. She described visiting "little thatched cottages" and said she did not see "the ...

For centuries, Black writers such as Harriet Jacobs, W.E.B. Du Bois, and James Baldwin, among many, many others, have provided unparalleled insight into the innerworkings of white supremacy. However, ...