According to the brief article on Harriet Jacobs by Glenna Matthews, she was born in Edenton, N.C. and died in Washington, D.C. Jacobs did not know that she was a slave until she was six years old because she was sold to Margaret Horniblow. At a young age Harriet Jacobs was taught how to read and write by Margaret Horniblow. Before Margaret died in 1825, she gave Jacobs’ to her niece, like if she was some object. Her niece was only three years old when this occurred so as a result the father, Dr. Norcom, took Jacobs. That guy sexually harassed her all the time and Jacobs managed to escape from him. Dr. Norcom was a sexual threat for Harriet Jacobs and provoked her to start a relationship with Samuel T. Sawyer, a lawyer, to get Dr. Norcom mad
