Our Nig
Original title page (1859) | |
| Author | Harriet E. Wilson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Geo. C. Rand & Avery |
Publication date | 1859 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print - hardback and paperback |
| Pages | 131 pages |
| ISBN | 978-0-486-44561-8 (2005 paperback edition) |
| Text | Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black at Wikisource |
Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black is an autobiographical novel by Harriet E. Wilson. First published in 1859, it was rediscovered in 1981 by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and was subsequently reissued with an introduction by Gates (London: Allison & Busby, 1984). Our Nig has since been republished in several other editions. It was long considered the first novel published by an African-American woman in North America, though that record is now contested by another manuscript found by Gates, The Bondwoman's Narrative, which may have been written a few years earlier.