When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
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There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
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When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.
- Harriet Ann Jacobs