Introduction : over-exposed, under-exposed : Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Rafia Zafar -- "I disguised my hand" : writing versions of the truth in Harriet Jacobs's ...

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. She ...

Harriet Jacobs’s life and legacy embody dignity, security, and justice. Expanding access to safe, affordable homes in Cambridge carries that same moral weight today. E. Denise Simmons is the mayor of ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) – Here’s a play that features an extraordinary woman. The North Carolina History Center will be presenting the play “Harriet Jacobs” about a woman who was enslaved in Edenton.

Harriet Beecher Stowe coined the phrase “Uncle Tom” in her fictional novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852), while Harriet Jacobs chronicled her own escape from slavery in “Incidents in the Life of a Slave ...

Of all the women who endured slavery in this country, only one wrote a book-length account of her life. Her name was Harriet Jacobs, and her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, has ...

NEW BERN, NC — The North Carolina History Theater has postponed its production of Lydia R. Diamond’s “Harriet Jacobs,” originally scheduled for this weekend at the History Center’s Cullman Hall in New ...

Hatty -- Private Dreams of Freedom and a Home -- So Fondly Shielded -- My Puny Arm Felt Strong -- A Determined Will -- Cunning Against Cunning -- Sometimes Like Freedom -- Linda -- Public Dreams of ...

What does it mean to claim a commitment to racial equity if the city allows the physical legacy of one of America’s most important freedom fighters to be sacrificed on the altar of profit? Orlando ...

Saturday, May 25, 2025 -- John S. Jacobs was a North Carolina fugitive, an abolitionist and the brother of canonical author Harriet Jacobs. His own fierce autobiography has re-emerged. EDITOR'S NOTE: ...