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Quotation from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs

“Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage.”

Harriet A. Jacobs (spoken by Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent))

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Chapter XLI, Free at Last (Project Gutenberg #11030 (1861 text))

Portrait of Harriet A. Jacobs

The closing words of her narrative, contrasting her ending with that of a novel.

Citation: "Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage." — Harriet A. Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Chapter XLI, Free at Last (Project Gutenberg #11030 (1861 text)). (id incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-q7)

Virtues: Hope

Portrait: Gilbert Studios photograph of Harriet Jacobs (cropped), Gilbert Studios; restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain.

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