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"The difference between a 'man' and a 'father' is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life."
Explore more quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs
"No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery."
"There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment."
"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."
"Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it."
"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."
"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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