9780143105763-0143105760-Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (Penguin Books for History: U.S.)

Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (Penguin Books for History: U.S.)

ISBN-13: 9780143105763
ISBN-10: 0143105760
Edition: 1
Author: Harriet E. Wilson, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Reginald Pitts
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Format: Paperback 176 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780143105763
ISBN-10: 0143105760
Edition: 1
Author: Harriet E. Wilson, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Reginald Pitts
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Format: Paperback 176 pages

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Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (Penguin Books for History: U.S.) (ISBN-13: 9780143105763 and ISBN-10: 0143105760), written by authors Harriet E. Wilson, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Reginald Pitts, was published by Addison Wesley in 2009. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (Penguin Books for History: U.S.) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.6.

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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

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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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