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North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color
The North Carolina slave act shows the state's response to federal laws, as well as the regulation of slaves and freed slaves. Nearly every aspect of their lives was regulated. These are the "Southern Laws" that Jacobs refers to in Chapter 1, when she says that "according to Southern Laws, a slave, being property, can hold no property" (2). https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/slavesfree/summary.html -
Garret
This image shows a recreation of the garret in which Jacobs hid for 7 years. This was on display at the Mightier than the Sword exhibit at the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. -
Jacobs befriends Amy Post in Rochester, NY
Background on Amy Post: https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/4018 -
Jacobs starts writing her narrative
Correspondence with Amy Post detailing Jacobs' reservations about reliving her experiences by telling the story: https://glc.yale.edu/harriet-jacobs-selected-writings-and-correspondence-documents -
Jacobs expresses frustrations with Harriet Beecher Stowe in letter to Amy Post
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Lydia Maria Child writes edits and writes introduction for Jacob's manuscript
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Jacobs publishes her book with the help of Post
Jacobs had previously attempted to publish her work with two different Boston publishing firms, Phillips & Sampson and Thayer & Eldridge. However, both firms went bankrupt before the book's publication. http://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2019/11/18/harriet-jacobs-publisher-and-activist/ -
Enslaved women and their children near Alexandria, Va., 1861-62
This photo by James Larkin shows enslaved women on a plantation owned by Felix Richards near Alexandria, VA. -
Only known photograph of Harriet Jacobs
