The memoir recounted her experiences as a slave, her sexual harassment at the hands of her master, and her daring escape. She spent seven years hiding in her grandmother’s home in a cramped attic so that she could be close to her young children, later moving to the North where she became involved with the abolition movement and dedicated herself to providing education for freed slaves.
She was a prominent activist advocating for better conditions and treatment for freedmen during and after the war.
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