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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

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 / by "Our Nig" ; [with a new preface, introd., and notes by Henry Louis Gates.
Author
Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900.
Publication
New York : Vintage Books, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
  • White, Barbara A., 1942-
Description
lix, 140, xciii p. : ill., map, geneal. table; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Our Nig
  • Sketches from the life of a free Black
Subject
  • African American women > United States > Fiction
  • Freed persons > United States > Fiction
Note
  • Includes afterword originally published as "'Our Nig' and the She-Devil: new information about Harriet Wilson and the 'Bellmont' Family," by Barbara A. White (American literature, 65:1 March 1993).
  • Includes facsimile of 1859 edition.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. lxxxv-xciii).
Call Number
Sc D 02-1477
ISBN
1400031206
OCLC
49978797
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 / by "Our Nig" ; [with a new preface, introd., and notes by Henry Louis Gates.
Imprint
New York : Vintage Books, 2002.
Edition
Vintage books ed. ; 3rd ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. lxxxv-xciii).
Added Author
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
White, Barbara A., 1942-
Research Call Number
Sc D 02-1477
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