To recognize February 11th as Harriet Jacobs day, the freed slave and author, who fought for her freedom and rights.

Harriet Jacobs was a great woman who fought for her freedom, she was born in 1813 as a slave and didn’t escape for another 22 years, in which she then endured another 7 years in horrible conditions. Jacobs was later freed by her friend who purchased her from her original master, yet she still felt as if it was not right. She did not believe that she should be purchased like some object, but that she was born with rights and freedom is one of them. After she had obtained freedom she still fought for abolishment, she joined the Female Anti-Slavery Society, opened a school for black youth, and even went to Boston to help underprivileged African-Americans that were victims of a smallpox outbreak. Harriet Jacobs deserves to be remembered as a truly brave, courageous, and progressive woman.