Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (Paperback )

Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black Book Description

This literary classic tells of a mixed-race girl, Frado, who is abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father. Author Harriet Wilson combined and subverted two literary styles, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, in writing Our Nig
Seminal autobiographical novel, believed to have been the first published by an African-American woman, describes the life of a young mulatto girl named Frado, 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.

About the Author :

Harriet E Wilson has contributed to Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black as an author. Harriet E. Wilson (18251900) was born in New Hampshire, where she worked from a young age as a servant to an abusive family.
P. Gabrielle Foreman is associate professor of English and American studies at Occidental College and has received many awards and grants.
Reginald Pitts is a historical researcher and genealogist with more than twenty years experience.

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