That night in Philadelphia, the bells rang out, and my heart leaped with a belief I had never held before. Yet when I saw white people rushing to dress while we were ordered to labor, dragging a single engine to the river, my surprise turned to a deep shame. They thought fire meant insurrection for them, but for us, it was only more work to be done by hands that…
Harriet Jacobs
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“I was quite surprised that it was not necessary for us to go and help fill the engine.”