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When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
Babe
Been
Before
Ever
Far
Girl
Had
Heart
Heavier
Me
Men
More
Slavery
Terrible
Than
Women
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