KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Showing 1-10 of 24 Quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

~Harriet Ann Jacobs

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

Links

Find Harriet Ann Jacobs on Amazon

Related Authors

Ray Bradbury
Dale Carnegie
Napoleon Hill
Elbert Hubbard
H. L. Mencken
Dr. Seuss
Denis Waitley
William Arthur Ward

Popular Authors

Stephen Covey Tyler, The Creator Bill Gates James Madison George R. R. Martin Bertrand Russell Antoine De Saint-Exupery Mark Zuckerberg

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1920 - Ray Bradbury

1822 - George Stoneman

1832 - Julius Sterling Morton

1854 - Charles Fillmore

1862 - Claude Debussy

1891 - Jacques Lipchitz

1902 - Leni Riefenstahl

1904 - Deng Xiaoping

1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson

1914 - Jack Dunphy

Birthdays on August 22nd
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Anniversary Art Brainy Dreams Government Politics Success Wedding