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Though the Bellmonts live in the northern United States, the matriarch of the family, Mrs. It was long considered to be the first novel published by an African-American woman in the United States, but recent research has put that title into question.įrado, born to a white mother and black father, is abandoned by her parents at age six and left to the Bellmont family. It was written not for pleasure, but to financially support the lives of the author and her sick child. Our Nig is an autobiographical novel by Harriet E. Standard EbooksĢ5,583 words (1 hour 34 minutes) with a reading ease of 71.65 (fairly easy) Wilson - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.

Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson