November, 1861 to 1861

ALBANY, New York

Emancipation, Escaping slavery

“Far better to have been one of the starving poor of Ireland whose bones had to bleach on the highways than to have been a slave with the curse of slavery stamped upon yourself and children…” These powerful words come from the fugitive slave Harriet Jacobs. First hesitant to tell her story, later Jacob’s was convinced through the suggestion of a friend to indeed tell her story to others in...