Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486445618)

"I sat up most of the night reading and pondering the enormous significance of Harriet Wilson's Our Nig." -- Author Alice Walker
This seminal autobiographical novel, originally published in 1859, is believed to have been the first by an African-American woman. Harriet Wilson's compelling story describes the life of a mulatto girl who, after the death of her mother, is exploited first by a terrifying Northern family for whom she worked and then by an opportunistic husband.
A classic of African-American literature, Our Nig has made an enduring contribution to understanding the lives of free blacks in the nineteenth century. A fascinating combination of slave narrative and sentimental novel, the story traces the hardships and suffering of Frado, who grows up as an indentured servant to a white family in Massachusetts and spends much of her destitute life wandering through New England.
A clear and accurate account of race relations and perceptions of race in the antebellum North, Our Nig is essential reading for students of African-American history and culture.

Author: Harriet E. Wilson
ISBN-10: 0486445615
ISBN-13: 9780486445618
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2005
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.30d