Harriett is the youngest of Aunt Hager's three daughters and the most headstrong. Eventually she leaves home when Aunt Hager whipped her for taking Sandy to an all-night dance with her boyfriend. She then takes up prostitution in the "Bottoms" of Stanton and Aunt Hager is devastated. While Harriett is gone for some time, she eventually becomes a minor celebrity as a talented blues singer. When Sandy runs into her again, she encourages him to follow the dreams Aunt Hager had for him. Harriett also strongly rejects Aunt Hager's "accomodationist" strategy of dealing with oppression and refuses, unlike Tempy, to conform to the expectations white society has of her.
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