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 By "Our Nig": Trent Editions

Generally recognized as the first African American novel published in the United States, Our Nig offers a harrowing portrait of the sadistic maltreatment of Alfrado, a young, African American female working as a bond servant.