Harriet E. Wilson
Author of Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Do not combine Harriette Wilson with Harriett E. Wilson. They are different authors.
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The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 255 copies
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contributor — 159 copies
Before Harlem: An Anthology of African American Literature from the Long Nineteenth Century (2016) — Contributor — 9 copies
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- Birthdate
- c. 1828
- Date of death
- c. 1863
- Burial location
- Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Milford, New Hampshire, USA
- Place of death
- Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
- Occupations
- enslaved domestic servant
- Short biography
- Harriet E. Wilson 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.
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not combine Harriette Wilson with Harriett E. Wilson. They are different authors.
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