Louisa Matilda Jacobs | |
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| Born | October 19, 1833 |
| Died | April 5, 1917 (aged 83) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Occupation(s) | Abolitionist, civil rights activist, educator, author |
| Relatives | John Swanson Jacobs (uncle) |
Louisa Matilda Jacobs (October 19, 1833 – April 5, 1917) was an African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist and the daughter of famed escaped slave and author, Harriet Jacobs. Along with her activism, she also worked as a teacher in Freedmen's Schools in the South, and as a matron at Howard University.[1]
- ^ Jacobs, Harriet Ann (2008). The Harriet Jacobs family papers. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0807831311. OCLC 833248720.