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
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Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900.
Contributors
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of introduction.
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PS 3334 .W39 O9 1983
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LC Subjects
African American women -- Fiction.
African American women household employees -- Fiction.
American fiction -- 19th century.
Autobiographical fiction.
Free African Americans -- Fiction.
New England -- Fiction.
Political fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
OCLC Fast Subjects
African American women
African American women household employees
American fiction
Autobiographical fiction
Fiction
Free African Americans
New England
Political fiction
Racism
Other Subjects
Autobiographical fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.
Employées de maison noires américaines -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Noires américaines -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Noirs américains affranchis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Political fiction.
Racisme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Roman américain -- 19e siècle.

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lix, 140, xxxiii pages ; 21 cm
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : G.C. Rand & Avery, 1859. With a new introduction.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxiii).
Description
Frado, a mixed-race girl abandoned by her white mother after the death of her black father, takes a job as a servant to a lower middle-class white family in the North, only to encounter a world of abuse and abandonment.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, H. E., & Gates, H. L. (1983). 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 (Second edition.). Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 and Henry Louis Gates. 1983. 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. New York: Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 and Henry Louis Gates. 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 New York: Vintage Books, 1983.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Wilson, H. E. and Gates, H. L. (1983). 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. Second edn. New York: Vintage Books.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, Harriet E., and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 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 Second edition., Vintage Books, 1983.

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