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Yes, Pearl in The Scarlet Letter was born in jail. Her mother, Hester Prynne, gave birth to her while serving time for committing adultery. Pearl's birth serves as a constant reminder of her mother's sin throughout the novel.

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In the Scarlet Letter, it is suggested that the baby, Pearl, was born in the prison because when Hester Pryne walks out of the jail to stand before the town for an hour with the scarlet letter on her breast, she was carrying the baby.

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that there was a crowd of people that gathered outside the prison gate and it also stated that she left out of jail with an infant in her arms.

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"The Scarlet Letter" is a work of fiction. Everyone knows the baby was born in jail because it was not kept a secret. The entire town knew what was happening and why Hester was in jail.

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