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Harriet Ann Jacobs was born into slavery in Edenton in 1813. Kent recounts episodes in her life up to the end of the Civil War. When she was twenty-two years old, she escaped from her master and hid in the small attic of her grandmother's house in a space measuring nine feet long and seven feet wide. Jacobs hid there for seven years before escaping by ship to the Free States. In 1861, she published a book about her life, INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL.
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16704
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Dr. Stevenson, in conjunction with Dr. Yellin of Pace University, painstakingly combed historical documents to illuminate the history of Harriet Jacob's life in northeastern North Carolina. The scholastic team used a variety of primary documents to corroborate Jacob's story in her classic text INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. Their efforts resulted in a Dr. Yellin's publication of an annotated edition of the work, adding rich historical context to the narrative.
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38973
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Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in Edenton, NC, was taught to read and write by her first mistress. She composed her autobiography between 1853 and 1858, telling of her struggle against her oppression in slavery as a sexual object and a mother. She ranaway from her owner and finally was able to escape up North about 1842. In 1861, Jacobs had published her slave narrative, ‘Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself,’ which established her as an African-American activist and writer. She later became a relief worker among ‘Colored Refugees.”
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40457
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Images of historical buildings such as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and information about citizens like Penelope Barker collectively illustrated the importance of North Carolina’s first colonial capital. Revealed is the important role women continue to play in Edenton’s development in this timeline statistic: approximately 70 percent of its entrepreneurs are female.
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Edenton; Edenton Tea Party (1774); Edenton--History; Barker, Penelope Padgett, 1728-1796; Edenton--People; Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779; Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819; Iredell, James, 1751-1799; Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897; Civil War--Battle of Albemarle Sound--Edenton ; CSS ALBEMARLE (Ironclad); Edenton Cotton Mill (Chowan County); Edenton Peanut Factory; St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Edenton); Privott, Haywood C., 1862-1931; Chowan County Courthouse (Edenton); Cupola House (Edenton); Penelope Barker House (Edenton); Roanoke River Lighthouse; James Iredell House (Edenton); Lane House (Edenton); Corbin, Francis--Lord Granville's Agent; Architecture--Jacobean style ; Architecture, Queen Anne style; National Register of Historic Places--North Carolina