Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black

Wilson, Harriet E.

ISBN 10: 0142437778 / ISBN 13: 9780142437773

Published by Penguin Classics, 2004

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.LAO5

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0142437778
• ISBN 13: 9780142437773
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Frado, a mixed-race girl abandoned by her white mother after the death of her black father, takes a job as a servant in the household of the Bellmonts, a lower middle-class white family in the North, only to encounter a world of abuse and abandonment, in a new edition of the first novel published by an African-American author in the U.S. Reprint.

About the Author

Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900) 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 yearsÂ’ experience.