Our Nig - Couverture souple

Wilson, Harriet E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 150750005X ISBN 13 : 9781507500057

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

The heartbreaking and uplifting story of a young black woman working as an indentured servant in the ante-bellum North. This groundbreaking novel marks the novel by an African American and the first African American to have a book published in North America.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Harriet E. Wilson (March 15, 1825 – June 28, 1900) is traditionally considered the first female African-American novelist as well as the first African American of any gender to publish a novel on the North American continent. Her novel Our Nig was published in 1859 and rediscovered in 1982. Wilson's autobiographical novel Our Nig was published in 1859.[1] Our Nig illustrates the injustice of indentured servitude in the antebellum northern United States. The novel fell into obscurity soon after its publication. In 1982, it achieved national attention when it was rediscovered by professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr..

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 150750005X
• ISBN 13: 9781507500057
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 82
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible