Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements made by her master for years, then run away to the North. She would later publish an account of her anguished life in ...

Harriet Ann Jacobs, born into slavery in North Carolina ... for seven years in order to escape the sexual advances of her master. In chapter nine, Jacobs describes the torture and death of a ...

Harriet Ann Jacobs was born into slavery but refused ... acknowledging how she utilized sex as a tool against her evil master while, at the same time, she was being exploited.