Louisa Matilda Jacobs
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Louisa Matilda Jacobs was an African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist and the daughter of famed escaped slave and author, Harriet Jacobs. Along with her activism, she also worked as a t
Louisa Matilda Jacobs
Louisa's mother, Harriet Jacobs
The Jacobs Free School
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
John S. Jacobs
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John Swanson Jacobs was a Black author and abolitionist. After escaping from slavery in North Carolina, he became prominent in abolitionist circles of the northeastern United States. He was closely co
Louisa Matilda Jacobs
…Massachusetts Occupations Abolitionist, civil rights activist, educator, author Parents Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (father) Harriet Jacobs (mother) Relatives John S. Jacobs (uncle) Louisa Matilda Jacobs (October 19, 1833 – April 5, 1917) was an African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist and the daughter of…
1848 portrait by Joseph Whiting Stock, possibly depicting John S. Jacobs
Slave auction
William Lloyd Garrison
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1875