Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Brossura

Wilson, Harriet E.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0143105760 ISBN 13: 9780143105763

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2009

Riassunto

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 fifty years before Madame C. J. Walker's hair care empire made her the country's first woman millionaire.

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Recensione

" The landmark research and skillful criticism done by Foreman and Pitts should shape discussion of Our Nig for years to come."
-African American Review

L'autore

Harriet E. Wilson (1825-1900) was born in New Hampshire, where she worked from a young age as a servant to an abusive family.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0143105760
• ISBN 13: 9780143105763
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 176
• Redattore: Foreman P. Gabrielle, Pitts Reginald