The war of my life had begun; and though one of God’s most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.
Harriet Jacobs
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861); Jacobs’s autobiographical narrative, published under the name Linda Brent; resolve in the face of enslavement.
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861)
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