queenoffilth: Norcom sexually harassed Harriet. He refused to allow her to marry, regardless of a man’s status. Hoping to escape his attentions, Jacobs took Samuel Sawyer, a free white lawyer, as a consensual lover. He later became a member of the US House of Representatives. With Sawyer, she had two children, Joseph and Louisa. As the children shared Harriet’s status and were born into slavery, Norcom was their master.[4] Harriet reported that Norcom threatened to sell her children if she refused his sexual advances. By 1835 her domestic situation had become unbearable, and Harriet deftly managed to escape.
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Norcom sexually harassed Harriet. He refused to allow her to marry, regardless of a man’s status. Hoping to escape his attentions, Jacobs took Samuel Sawyer, a free white lawyer, as a consensual lover. He later became a member of the US House of Representatives. With Sawyer, she had two children, Joseph and Louisa. As the children shared Harriet’s status and were born into slavery, Norcom was their master.[4] Harriet reported that Norcom threatened to sell her children if she refused his sexual advances. By 1835 her domestic situation had become unbearable, and Harriet deftly managed to escape.

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mootpoint replied to your post: new york university?

James Franco also goes to Yale, doesn’t he? I wouldn’t let that dissuade you. (I would listen to your prof, they would know.)

haha, yes. spent this weekend crunching some numbers. nyu will leave me so so so soooo broke. nyu is appealing because it’s new york, but the faculty’s research doesn’t interest me and i really enjoyed my interview with university college london. the prof i interviewed with had connections to the centre for cultural studies. i think i just freaked out about nyu because it seems like new york is where you go if you want to make it blah blah blah blaaaahhhhh missed opportunities etc etc 

but i think i’ve officially decided on london.