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For the 150th anniversary of its first publication, a new edition of the pioneering African American classic, reflecting groundbreaking discoveries about its author's life

With a New Introduction and Notes by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Richard J. Ellis

A fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, Our Nig, apart from its historical significance, is a deeply... Read Full Overview

"I sat up most of the night reading and pondering the enormous significance of Harriet Wilson's Our Nig." -- Author Alice Walker
This seminal autobiographical novel, originally published in 1859, is believed to have been the first by an African-American woman. Harriet... Read Full Overview

Our Nig, Or, Sketches From the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House is a classic African American history text by Harriet E. Wilson that deals the history of slavery in America. IN offering to the public the following slave story, the writer confesses her inability... Read Full Overview

LONELY MAG SMITH See her as she walks with downcast eyes and heavy heart. It was not always thus. She HAD a loving, trusting heart. Early deprived of parental guardianship, far removed from relatives, she was left to guide her tiny boat over life's surges alone and inexperienced... Read Full Overview

Wilson's autobiographical novel Our Nig was published in 1859. Our Nig illustrates the injustice of the indentured servitude system of the antebellum northern United States. Harriet E. Wilson (March 15, 1825 - June 28, 1900) is traditionally considered the first female African-American... Read Full Overview

Harriet E. Wilson is the first female African American to publish a novel in North America. Her first and only work, "Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black" was first published in 1859. Considered lost until 1982 when it was rediscovered by scholar Henry Louis Gates... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

In offering to the public the following pages, the writer confesses her inability to minister to the refined and cultivated, the pleasure supplied by abler pens. It is not for such these crude narrations appear. Deserted by kindred, disabled by failing health, I am forced to... Read Full Overview

""Our Nig: Sketches From The Life Of A Free Black"" is a novel written by Harriet E. Wilson. The book tells the story of Frado, a young girl who is born to a free black woman and a white man in the early 19th century. Frado is abandoned by her mother and left to live with a cruel... Read Full Overview

""Our Nig: Sketches From The Life Of A Free Black"" is a novel written by Harriet E. Wilson, first published in 1859. It tells the story of Frado, a young biracial girl who is abandoned by her mother and left to work as an indentured servant for a white family in New England... Read Full Overview

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete... Read Full Overview

""Our Nig: Sketches From The Life Of A Free Black"" is a novel written by Harriet E. Wilson. The novel is a semi-autobiographical account of the life of a young black girl named Frado, who is born to a white mother and a black father in the early 19th century. Frado is abandoned... Read Full Overview

The heartbreaking and uplifting story of a young black woman working as an indentured servant in the ante-bellum North. This groundbreaking novel marks the novel by an African American and the first African American to have a book published in North America.