Our Nig

or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black

Author  Harriet E. Wilson Introduction by  P. Gabrielle Foreman Edited by  P. Gabrielle Foreman and Reginald Pitts Notes by  P. Gabrielle Foreman and Reginald Pitts
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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

A Penguin Classic

First published in 1859, Our Nig is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. In the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a New England family, Harriet E. Wilson tells a heartbreaking story about the resilience of the human spirit. This edition incorporates new research showing that Wilson was not only a pioneering African-American literary figure but also an entrepreneur in the black women's hair care market…