Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows.
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For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood.Harriet Ann Jacobs
The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
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.
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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.
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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.
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