Harriet traveled from North Carolina to Philadelphia by boat, then to New York by train. She was able to retrieve Louisa and, later, her son. They first settled in Boston, where Jacobs secured a ...

Will be given for the apprehension and delivery of my Servant Girl HARRIET. She is a light mulatto ... As this girl absconded from the plantation of my son without any known cause or provocation ...

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.