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Our Nig

by Harriet E. Wilson

First published
1859
Pages
77
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  1. Preface and Chapter 1

    12:36

  2. Chapter 2

    11:00

  3. Chapter 3

    18:30

  4. Chapter 4

    13:22

  5. Chapter 5

    11:30

  6. Chapter 6

    12:30

  7. Chapter 7

    5:43

  8. Chapter 8

    14:24

  9. Chapter 9

    12:43

  10. Chapter 10

    9:16

  11. Chapter 11

    16:17

  12. Chapter 12

    6:25

  13. Appendix

    14:56

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Frado is the mixed-race daughter of a white mother and a Black father, abandoned as a small child to serve the Bellmont household in the free North. Bound to them as an indentured servant, she endures years of cruelty at the hands of Mrs. Bellmont while grasping at small kindnesses and brief moments of hope. Harriet E. Wilson drew on her own life to write this book, long recognized as one of the first novels published in English by an African American woman. Its portrait of racism thriving outside the slaveholding South proved so pointed that the work faded from view for over a century before scholars restored it to the canon. This free PDF and EPUB edition returns a landmark of American letters to readers.

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Harriet E. Wilson

Harriet E. Wilson (c. 1825-1900) was an African American writer born free in New Hampshire. Believed to be the first Black woman to publish a novel in English, she drew on her own hardships as an indentured servant. Her book went unrecognized until its rediscovery in 1982.

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First published
1859
Reading time
About 110 minutes
Pages
77
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Bridget Gaige