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Our Nig

Our Nig

By: Harriet E. Wilson
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 Our Nig is an autobiographical novel by Harriet E. Wilson, her only published work. It was written not for pleasure, but to financially support the lives of the author and her sick child. It was long considered to be the first novel published by an African-American woman in the United States, but recent research has put that title into question.

Frado, born to a white mother and black father, is abandoned by her parents at age six and left to the Bellmont family. Though the Bellmonts live in the northern United States, the matriarch of the family, Mrs. Bellmont, loathes her for her dark skin color. She forces Frado (nicknamed “Nig”) to do the chores of the family under the threat of rawhide floggings and beatings. However, not everyone agrees with Mrs. Bellmont’s treatment of their new family member.Copyright My Book To Read Art Literary History & Criticism World
Episodes
  • Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Appendix

    Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Appendix
    Sep 17 2023
    15 mins
  • Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Chapter 12

    Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Chapter 12
    Sep 17 2023
    6 mins
  • Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Chapter 11

    Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Chapter 11
    Sep 17 2023
    16 mins
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