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Incidents at Rockaway: Harriet Jacobs and the Marine Pavilion

This Womenโ€™s History Month, Chief Curator Lauren Brincat shares a powerful story from Harriet Jacobsโ€™s (1813โ€“1897) autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, detailing the authorโ€™s experience staying at the grand Marine Pavilion in Rockaway during the summer of 1843.