101 Quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God’s most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together.

When we left the church, my father’s old mistress invited me to go home with her. She clasped a gold chain round my baby’s neck. I thanked her for the kindness; but I did not like the emblem. I wanted no chain to be fastened on my daughter, not even if its links were of gold.

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.

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.