John S. Jacobs Archives - Institute of the Black World 21st Century

“The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots,” a denunciation of slavery by a formerly enslaved man named John S. Jacobs, was published in an Australian newspaper in 1855, and then forgotten. Above, an 1848 oil portrait that may depict Jacobs.

A furious, forgotten slave narrative resurfaces after nearly 170 years

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

John S. Jacobs was a fugitive, an abolitionist — and the brother of the canonical author Harriet Jacobs. Now, his own fierce autobiography has re-emerged. By Jennifer Schuessler, The New…

May 24, 2024

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A furious, forgotten slave narrative resurfaces after nearly 170 years

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