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- NAME: Harriet Ann Jacobs
- OCCUPATION: Activist, Journalist
- BIRTH DATE: 1813
- DEATH DATE: March 07, 1897
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Edenton, North Carolina
- PLACE OF DEATH: D.C.
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Harriet Ann Jacobs escaped slavery and went on to write Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, one of the most influential slave narratives of all time.
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Born in North Carolina in 1813, Harriet Ann Jacobs escaped slavery and moved to New York where she wrote the powerful autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The powerful and comprehensive slave narrative became one of the most influential books of the period.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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