Jacobs publishes anti-slavery letters in the New York Tribune. Jacobs completes her manuscript. Makes an unsuccessful attempt to sell her book in England. 1859 Phillips and Sampson, Boston publisher, agree to publish Jacob's manuscript, but soon go bankrupt. Jacobs approaches Lydia Maria Child to discuss publication of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
Child agrees to edit the work and seeks a publisher.
Jacobs and Child begin a friendship that lasts for the rest of their lives. Jacobs tours with abolition groups, speaking and selling her book. John S. Jacobs dies. Jacobs sells her grandmother's home in Edenton. Harriet Jacobs dies.