Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements ... and an infuriated Norcom would sell her and her child. A child was conceived. Harriet felt "it was something to ...

When instead she and her two young children were threatened with exile ... In 1865, The Freedmen’s Record published a profile about Harriet Jacobs, describing her as “one of the most zealous ...

However, Sawyer didn’t emancipate his and Harriet’s children, and they remained in bondage. Their daughter was sent to New York to work as a servant, and in 1842, Jacobs decided to head north ...