Brief Summary Of Harriet Morgan's Life

Harriet Jacob escaped and hid in multiple areas including her friend’s storage room, swamps full of snakes, a crawl space in a shed where she hid for over seven years. She sacrificed a lot and missed out on her children’s growing up hiding out for such a long time. Her mobility also suffered from hiding in such a small space for so long. After hiding in the crawlspace, she finally found a boat and captain that was willing to take her to Philadelphia. When she reaches Philadelphia, she meets Reverend Jeremiah Durham who is a local minister. He allows her to stay with him and his family and she tells the family all of her past. A friend of the Durham’s volunteer to pay for her freedom, but she declined because she already had money from her …show more content…
After Philadelphia, Harriet heads to New York with Mrs. Durham’s friend. She finds her daughter, but notices she is not being taken care of very well by her father, Mr. Sands who is another slave owner; however, Harriet wanted to get pregnant by him. Her owner, Dr. Flint, travels to New York multiple times to try and find her and take her back, therefore, Harriet always has to stay alert and watch her back. She ends up becoming a nursemaid for a lady who is nice to her, Mrs. Bruce, and begins to seem happy. The north is not as great as She thought it would be, she does not get served tea when eating out, she cannot sit in chairs, she has to wait on herself, but then she finally stands up for herself and demands that she be treated just like the white servants and they do start treating her with more respect. Dr. Flint finds out where she is living, so Harriet tells Mrs. Bruce that she is an escaped slave. Mrs. Bruce takes her and her daughter to Boston where they meet up with her son so they can talk to Mrs. Bruce’s attorney. Mrs. Bruce passed away, but Mr. Bruce lets her stay and watch over his daughter. The family then travels to England and stays there