Harriet Ann Jacobs was born into slavery but refused ... Jacobs’ parents were owned by two different masters, but her family was still close. Unfortunately, Jacobs lost her mother at the young ...

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.

Harriet Ann Jacobs, born into slavery in North Carolina in 1813, eventually escaped to the North, where she wrote a narrative about her ordeal of slavery. The book, Incidents in the Life of a ...