{"product_id":"our-nig-or-sketches-from-the-life-of-a-free-black-paperback-1","title":"Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarriet E. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarriet E. Wilson is the first female African American to publish a novel in North America. Her first and only work, \"Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black\" was first published in 1859. Considered lost until 1982 when it was rediscovered by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., the novel is largely autobiographical, tracking the life of a free black women in the Antebellum North. At the age of three, the protagonist Frado is abandoned by her parents and left at the house of the Bellmonts, a wealthy New England family. Her life as a free black woman in the North is filled with hardship and suffering. This realistic tale sugar coats nothing, and the reader witnesses Frado's difficult life as a servant to the family. A groundbreaking work of gender and race identity, Wilson creates a tremendous narrative central to African American history which helped to begin a tradition of African American literature in America. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163250987143,"sku":"9781420968477","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6b74158f7f5b430991d6763ed3ec2f54.webp?v=1733295918","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/our-nig-or-sketches-from-the-life-of-a-free-black-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}