Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North: Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North: Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North: Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wilson, Harriet E. (1825–1900).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White…" by Harriet E. Wilson is an autobiographical novel published in 1859. It tells the story of Frado, a mixed-race girl abandoned by her impoverished white mother to work as an indentured servant for the Bellmont family in the northern United States. There, she endures brutal treatment from Mrs. Bellmont while finding occasional kindness from other family members. The novel explores themes of racial prejudice, servitude, and survival in pre-Civil War America.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North: Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There
- Author credits: Wilson, Harriet E. (1825–1900)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- African American women -- Fiction
- African American women household employees -- Fiction
- Autobiographical fiction
- Free African Americans -- Fiction
- New England -- Fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
- Slavery
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