Harriet Ann Jacobs quotes - page 2

Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from circumstances. (Harriet Ann Jacobs)
Hot weather brings out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one class of the venomous creatures as little as I do the other. View quote
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Notwithstanding my grandmother's long and faithful service to her owners, not one of her children escaped the auction block. These God-breathing machines are no more, in the sight of their masters, than the cotton they plant, or the horses they tend. View quote
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There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together. View quote
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My master had power and law on his side I had a determined will. There is might in each. View quote
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