On September 5, 1825, Harriet E. Wilson was born in Milford, New Hampshire, and would go on to be recognized as the first African American woman to publish a novel in North America. Wilson’s contribution, Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859), stands as a pioneering work. The novel provides a direct, [...]

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