Our Nig
by Harriet E. Wilson
102 pages~2 hrs
“In the 'free' North, freedom was a promise and servitude was the reality.”
Before the Civil War, a young biracial girl is abandoned in a land that claims to be free, only to find herself enslaved in all but name. Harriet E. Wilson's searing autobiographical novel exposes the brutal reality of Northern racism through a voice that refuses to be silenced.
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