Talk:Steventon, Oxfordshire

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Harriet Jacobs

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(Section headline added by Rsk6400 (talk) 20:31, 28 February 2024 (UTC))Reply

Please try her book chapter 37 "We next went to Steventon, in Berkshire. It was a small town, said to be the poorest in the county." The vicar is related to Harriets master which explains why he used this as a base for his daughter whilst he visited London etc. Our History Society have been working on this for some time and have produced the Steventon update. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.14.197.18 (talk) 19:38, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

I removed the link to the Steventon History Society's text because it contains some errors, notably calling Jacobs a "slave". She had already escaped slavery. While in the US, she had to fear being recaptured, but in the UK no "fugitive slave law" applied. Willis was not her "master", but simply her employer. Rsk6400 (talk) 20:38, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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