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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Susanna Ashton, Clemson University and Mollie Barnes (THE CONVERSATION) From the ages ...

From the ages of 12 to about 22, Harriet Jacobs lived under the watch of her enslaver, a wealthy physician named James Norcom Sr. During that decade, as Jacobs grew from a child to a young woman, ...