Dr._James_Norcom_portrait From General Negative Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.

Full size 843 × 1050 pixels THE FREE WOMAN Harriet Jacobs
A white man with dark hair slicked back, wearing a high collared shirt, cravat, and frock coat, smiles at the viewer in 3/4 profile. Oil painting.

Dr James Norcom, who enslaved Harriet Jacobs (possibly illegally) when she was 13 years old.
image courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina

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