Norcom
was bent on exploiting her sexually, but having failed to secure a future with the black man she loved, she chose for herself the lesser evil, and became the mistress of a then unmarried...
Family and Intimate relationships
Harriet Jacobs
HJ
's two children were born into slavery, though their white father, Samuel Tredwell Sawyer
, was not then their owner. Her son, Joseph, panned for gold in the California Gold Rush after he was...
Textual Features
Harriet Jacobs
HJ
uses fictitious names for others in her story besides herself. Her owner James Norcom
appears as Dr Flint, her loverSamuel Tredwell Sawyer
as Mr Sands, and her employer Nathaniel Parker Willis
as Mr...
