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A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement

  • Written by Susanna Ashton, Professor of English, Clemson University
A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavementA monument to survival and perseverance has survived, by happenstance, to share its stories today. Courtesy of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem

From the ages of 12 to about 22, Harriet Jacobs lived under the watch of her enslaver, a wealthy physician named James Norcom Sr. During that decade, as Jacobs grew from a...

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