Our Nig; or, Sketches from the life of a free Black: in a two-story white house, North, showing that slavery's shadows fall even there
Title:
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the life of a free Black: in a two-story white house, North, showing that slavery's shadows fall even there
Description:
Our Nig is the first novel written by an African American and published in the United States. Wilson wrote it to raise funds to care for her sick son George and published it anonymously. The story recounts the oppression of free blacks as indentured servants in the north. Wilson herself had been indentured until the age of eighteen as a house servant. Our Nig was the only novel she wrote. Later in life, she was active in the spiritualist community as a medium.
Creator:
Wilson, Harriet E.
Publisher:
Printed by Geo. C. Rand & Avery
Date:
1859
Coverage:
Boston
Display Date:
1859
Hover Text:
Harriet E. Wilson — writer
Published Item:
P
Item Index:
43
Item Sort:
1800s
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