Timeline
Lifetime:
1825 -
1900
Passed: ≈
124 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Harriet E. Wilson
Books by Harriet E. Wilson
Our Nig, or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In A Two-Story White House
Drama
Novel
Family
Slavery
Racism
Childhood
Identity
Hope
Resilience
Social Justice
Abolitionism
Antebellum
Pre-civil war
Domestic service
This book delves into the realities of slavery and racism in the antebellum United States through the lens of Frado, a young Black girl abandoned by her white mother and forced to live as a servant in a white household. Despite facing hardship and in...