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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachmentHarriet Jacobs
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Many of the slaves believe such stories, and think it is not worth while to exchange slavery for such a hard kind of freedom. It is difficult to persuade such that freedom could make them useful men, and enable them to protect their wives and children. If those heathen in our Christian land had as much teaching as some Hindoos, they would think otherwise. They would know that liberty is more valuable than life. They would begin to understand their own capabilities, and exert themselves to become men and women.Harriet Jacobs
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Ah, if he had ever been a slave he would have known how difficult it was to trust white men.Harriet Jacobs
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Ah, if he had ever been a slave he would have known how difficult it was to trust a white man.Harriet Jacobs
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The brightest skies are always foreshadowed by dark cloudsHarriet Jacobs