{"product_id":"our-nig-9780307477453","title":"Our Nig","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a New Introduction and Notes by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Richard J. Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, \u003cb\u003eOur Nig\u003c\/b\u003e, apart from its historical significance, is a deeply ironic and highly readable work, tracing the trials and tribulations of Frado, a mulatto girl abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father, who grows up as an indentured servant to a white family in nineteenth-century Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis definitive edition of \u003cb\u003eOur Nig\u003c\/b\u003e includes a new Introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Richard J. Ellis and a set of appendices:  Harriet Wilson's Career as a Spiritualist;  Hattie E. Wilson in the \u003ci\u003eBanner of Light\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e a collection of her extant contributions to these newspapers;  Documents from Harriet Wilson's Life in Boston, and a compilation of primary source material","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524736098647,"sku":"9780307477453","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780307477453.jpg?v=1731857936","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/our-nig-9780307477453","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}