There is a great difference between Chri... by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Man Money feminist. Slavery African American

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.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Other quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Corruption

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Mother Years Time First

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Women

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

Cruelty

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Old Years

When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Words Now Life

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

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