Paperback. Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black. An autobiographical narrative that provides accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. It presents the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a New England family, telling a story about the resilience of the human spirit. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Our Nig: Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Books, London
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0143105760
ISBN 13: 9780143105763
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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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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Harriet E. Wilson (1825-1900) was born in New Hampshire, where she worked from a young age as a servant to an abusive family.

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