Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White…
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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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Nig |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Autobiographical fiction |
| Subject | New England -- Fiction |
| Subject | African American women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Racism -- Fiction |
| Subject | African American women household employees -- Fiction |
| Subject | Free African Americans -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 584 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | May 13, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 694 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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