Episode 014 includes chapters 36-40 of the book. Harriet is finally free from her miserable prison of the last seven years. She is living in the North initially in Boston and then upstate NY. In between, she spends time in England, where she gets a new perspective on race relations. She must contend with the constant threat of "recapture" by the Flints. Throughout, though, Harriet's militant spirit is ever present.

The book was written to appeal to the white women of the North. It combines the genres of slave narrative and sentimental novel and focuses on the themes of family, motherhood, chastity and sexual oppression. It was considered bold and indelicate at the time it was written. Harriet doesn't dance around the topic of white men abusing black women. It was initially published as a serialized novel in a newspaper and then published as a book in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent.

Here are the names of the fictionalized characters and their real counterparts:

Linda Brett: Harriet JacobsWilliam Brett: John JacobsHarriet's father: Elijah KnoxHarriet's mother: Delilah HorniblowAunt Martha: Molly HorniblowBenny Sands: Joseph SawyerEllen Sands: Louisa SawyerRuth Nash: Margaret HorniblowDr. Flint: Dr. James NorcomMrs. Flint: Mary Curtis NorcomEmily Flint: Mary Matilda NorcomMr. Sands: Samuel Tredwell Sawyer

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The image that accompanies this podcast is a copy of the Abolitionist paper, "The Liberator," published in Boston.