Overview
First published in 1859, Our Nig is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. In the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a New England family, Harriet E. Wilson tells a heartbreaking story about the resilience of the human spirit. This edition incorporates new research showing that Wilson was not only a pioneering African-American literary figure but also an entrepreneur in the black women's hair care market fifty years before Madame C. J. Walker's hair care empire made her the country's first woman millionaire.
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This book title, Our Nig (or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black) - 9780143105763, ISBN: 9780143105763, by Harriet E. Wilson, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Reginald Pitts, P. Gabrielle Foreman, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Reginald Pitts, published by Penguin Publishing Group (July 28, 2009) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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