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Harriet Jacobs

American slave, writer, and abolitionist (1815-1897)
Person human Q944063
Harriet Jacobs
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[14]
Date of birth
1813, February 11, 1815[8]
Date of death
March 7, 1897
Place of birth
Edenton
Place of death
Washington, D.C.
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Ethnic group
African Americans[12]
Occupation
nanny, writer, autobiographer
Notable work
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl[13]
Child
Louisa Matilda Jacobs[10]
Sibling
John S. Jacobs[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Birth name
Harriet Jacobs[25]
Described by source
Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, African American Authors, 1745-1945 (1st edition), The Meridian Anthology of Early American Women Writers (1st edition), Notable Black American Women, American Women Writers[19][20][21][22][23]
Family name
Jacobs[16]
Given name
Harriet[17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora, Boston Black Women Lead[28][29]
Place of burial
Mount Auburn Cemetery[9]
Pseudonym
Linda Brent[18]
Social classification
fugitive slave[27]
Unmarried partner
Samuel Tredwell Sawyer[15]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Harriet Ann Jacobs en Linda Brent en Harriet Jacobs en Harriet A. Jacobs ar هارييت آن جاكوبس cs Linda Brent de Harriet A. Jacobs es Harriet A. Jacobs es Harriet Ann Jacobs fa هریت جیکوبز fr Harriet A. Jacobs he הרייט ג'ייקובס it Harriet A. Jacobs ja ハリエット・アン・ジェイコブズ ja ハリエット・ジェイコブス ja ハリエット・ジェイコブズ nl Harriet A. Jacobs pt Harriet A. Jacobs ru Харриет Джейкобс sv Harriet A. Jacobs
🔖 Identifiers · 69
ISNI
0000000121310444
VIAF cluster ID
46797650
Library of Congress authority ID
n50027972
GND ID
11888137X
American National Biography ID
1600839
BIBSYS ID
93007934
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
JacobsHarrietAnn1813-1897
Babelio author ID
173979
BiblioNet author ID
78351
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12145685h
BlackPast.org ID
african-american-history/jacobs-harriet-c-1815-1897
BookBrainz author ID
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CANTIC ID
981061510951706706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00541193
CONOR.SI ID
175469667
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11183917
Central Library of Volos authority ID
31040
CiNii Research ID
1140845216748884736
DDB person (GND) ID
11888137X
DUC ID
harriet-jacobs
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Harriet-Jacobs, biography/Harriet-A-Jacobs
Europeana entity
agent/base/63767
FAST ID
9247
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
FemBio ID
14450
Find a Grave memorial ID
16338196
Freebase ID
/m/01___4
Goodreads author ID
4369397
IdRef ID
029937086
IxTheo authority ID
079658059
Koha Kütüphane ID
57426
Libraries Australia ID
36024403
LibriVox author ID
4519
Libris-URI
jgvz3xc24xcn158
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0222096X
NCpedia ID
biography/jacobs-harriet
NDL Authority ID
00838540
NL CR AUT ID
jn20011019091
NLA Trove people ID
1190935
NSK (VIAF) ID
000320449
NSK ID
981005771310709366
NUKAT ID
n2006107790
National Library of Brazil ID
000248183
National Library of Greece ID
276244
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007301916305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201002353
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9812675272205606
National Library of Portugal ID
122825
National Library of Russia ID
770138472, 770138478
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1057839
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073783722
Notable Names Database ID
892/000114550
Online Books Page author ID
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897
Open Library ID
OL26467A
OpenMLOL author ID
173032
Orlando author ID
jacoha
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100015717
Penguin Random House author ID
46403
Portal da Literatura ID
3240
Project Gutenberg author ID
3801
RERO ID (legacy)
A000093023
SBN author ID
MILV107990
SELIBR ID
320672
SNAC ARK ID
w6sq9mfw
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1206275
WikiTree person ID
Jacobs-3831
WomenWriters ID
d940ec49-afbd-442b-bde4-bf422bcf82df
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJx8GyHQRQFJKXVdWFMkjC
Yale LUX ID
person/36cf5cb0-a7c6-400b-9163-904b25e7ad95

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Occupation 3
writer, nanny, autobiographer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Ethnic group 1
African Americans
Family name 1
Jacobs
Given name 1
Harriet
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Place of birth 1
Edenton
Place of burial 1
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Place of death 1
Washington, D.C.
Sex or gender 1
female
Works by author 1
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Harriet Jacobs was born in 1813[1] in Edenton[2]. She died on March 7, 1897[3], in Washington, D.C.[4]. She worked as a nanny[5], writer[6], and autobiographer[7].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to her include Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl[30], a literary work[31].

FAQs

Where was Harriet Jacobs born?

Harriet Jacobs was born in Edenton[2].

Where did Harriet Jacobs die?

Harriet Jacobs died in Washington, D.C.[4].

What did Harriet Jacobs do for work?

Harriet Jacobs worked as a nanny[5], writer[6], and autobiographer[7].

Related Entities

United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. blackpast.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 17d ago · A826 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
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    Place of death → Washington, D.C.
    Described by source → Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, African American Authors, 1745-1945 (1st edition), The Meridian Anthology of Early American Women Writers (1st edition) +2
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