Jacobs is now 29 years old and the chance has come for her to escape north
She would escape by boat that would take her North to Philadelphia
With a successful journey she reunites with her daughter and they begin to work together to support themselves
With the continued pursuit for her and the Fugitive Slave Law she keeps moving
Although she is not directly found, her employer is questioned about her whereabouts
After talking about the ordeal with her employer
the decision is made unbeknownst to Jacobs that she would be bought and given her freedom once and for all
Harriet Jacobs finds out about the transaction of her person and while she is eternally grateful, she finds it unbelievable that in a free city
of New York and in the late nineteenth century a person who belongs to no one is bought and sold
She would escape by boat that would take her North to Philadelphia
With a successful journey she reunites with her daughter and they begin to work together to support themselves
With the continued pursuit for her and the Fugitive Slave Law she keeps moving
Although she is not directly found, her employer is questioned about her whereabouts
After talking about the ordeal with her employer
the decision is made unbeknownst to Jacobs that she would be bought and given her freedom once and for all
Harriet Jacobs finds out about the transaction of her person and while she is eternally grateful, she finds it unbelievable that in a free city
of New York and in the late nineteenth century a person who belongs to no one is bought and sold