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 / by "Our Nig."

Author
Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
[First edition].
Published/​Created
Boston : Printed by Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1859.
Description
140 pages ; 19 cm

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    Notes
    First ed. of the first originally published novel by an African American woman.
    Binding note
    Ex copy: Bound in original dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; in new mottled dark brown leather-covered clamshell box with stamped ornamental borders.
    Place name(s)
    United States Massachusetts Boston
    Other title(s)
    • Our Nig
    • Sketches from the life of a free Black
    LCCN
    2005577156
    OCLC
    62421520
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