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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

Autor Harriet E. Wilson Editat de R. J. Ellis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 1998
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780905488844
ISBN-10: 0905488849
Pagini: 99
Dimensiuni: 152 x 210 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Paul & Co Pub Consortium
Colecția Nottingham Trent Univ
Seria Trent Editions


Recenzii

" The landmark research and skillful criticism done by Foreman and Pitts should shape discussion of Our Nig for years to come."
-African American Review


Notă biografică

Harriet E. Wilson (1825ߝ1900) 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 years’ experience.

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 years’ experience.

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This literary classic tells of a mixed-race girl, Frado, who is abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father. Author Harriet Wilson combined and subverted two literary styles, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, in writing Our Nig