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Couple news articles about this recently - it's the first novel published by an African American woman.

The novel is very readable and effective at getting its messages across.

Wilson does not (entirely) pander to a white abolitionist audience - the reason why people think her book was forgotten.

It is very sad that it failed to make money.

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This is an important work in the history of American writing. Make sure you read it.

Eye-opener. This “autobiographical novel” was self-published by an African American woman in 1859. It‘s the author‘s story of her indentured servitude and abuse in the north. Afterward reveals identity of the family she served — prominent abolitionists. https://cannonballread.com/2019/03/our-nig-elcicco/