Jacobs, Harriet Ann

(1813–97) escaped slave, author; born in Edenton, N.C. Born in slavery, she was threatened by the sexual advances of her owner, Dr. James Norcom; later she had two children by a white man. She escaped from slavery and hid for seven years in her grandmother's attic. She made her way to New York City and worked there as a domestic servant. Under the pen name Linda Brent, she wrote the story of her experiences in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (1861). She worked as a nurse during the Civil War and then lived in Washington, D.C. Her book was long forgotten until discovered in the 1980s.

单词	jacobs, harriet ann
释义	Jacobs, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Harriet Ann (1813–97) escaped slave, author; born in Edenton, N.C. Born in slavery, she was threatened by the sexual advances of her owner, Dr. James Norcom; later she had two children by a white man. She escaped from slavery and hid for seven years in her grandmother's attic. She made her way to New York City and worked there as a domestic servant. Under the pen name Linda Brent, she wrote the story of her experiences in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (1861). She worked as a nurse during the Civil War and then lived in Washington, D.C. Her book was long forgotten until discovered in the 1980s.
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