Our Nig Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black |
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Author:
| Wilson, Harriet E. |
Preface by:
| Gates, Henry Louis |
Afterword by:
| White, Barbara A. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4000-3120-7 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2002 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Vintage |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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Preface, introduction and notes by Henry Louis,Gates, Jr., afterword by Barbara A. White.,The first novel ever written by a black American,this fusion of the sentimental novel and the slave,narrative, first published in 1859, was neglected,until it recently became the subject of renewed,scholarly interest. Recently the subject of a,front page New York Times article, Our Nig traces,the life of Frado, a Mulatto girl who grows up as,an indentured servant to a white Massachusetts,family,...
More DescriptionPreface, introduction and notes by Henry Louis,Gates, Jr., afterword by Barbara A. White.,The first novel ever written by a black American,this fusion of the sentimental novel and the slave,narrative, first published in 1859, was neglected,until it recently became the subject of renewed,scholarly interest. Recently the subject of a,front page New York Times article, Our Nig traces,the life of Frado, a Mulatto girl who grows up as,an indentured servant to a white Massachusetts,family, offering an enormous contribution to the,study of black American literature and history.