i think as you know she wrote that narrative under the name linda brent. she also changed the names of other people that were also in that account. she was born not as linda brent but as harriet jacobs in edenton, north carolina in 1813. her parents were slaves. but they were also, and i think you get a sense of this when she describes her childhood. her parents were skilled workers, which meant that especially her father had the opportunity to hire out their time and also to live somewhat independently from the slaveholders. her father was a carpenter. his independence meant he could have his children live at home with him, his children being harriet and her brother john, who was referred to as william in the narrative. he also residing close to them was harriet's maternal grandmother. her name was molly hornablow. i think she's aunt martha in the book. but her actual name was molly hornablow. she had a very kind of complicated history. she was freed during the revolution. then she was re-enslaved when she was captured during the revolutionary war. so she

i think as you know she wrote that narrative under the name linda brent. she also changed the names of other people that were also in that account. she was born not as linda brent but as harriet jacobs in edenton, north carolina in 1813. her parents were slaves. but they were also, and i think you get a sense of this when she describes her childhood. her parents were skilled workers, which meant that especially her father had the opportunity to hire out their time and also to live somewhat independently from the slaveholders. her father was a carpenter. his independence meant he could have his children live at home with him, his children being harriet and her brother john, who was referred to as william in the narrative. he also residing close to them was harriet's maternal grandmother. her name was molly hornablow. i think she's aunt martha in the book. but her actual name was molly hornablow. she had a very kind of complicated history. she was freed during the revolution. then she was re-enslaved when she was captured during the revolutionary war. so she