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The First Black Female Novelist: Her Book Was Lost for 124 Years
Harriet E. Wilson's 1859 novel "Our Nig" was the first published by an African American woman in English. But it wasn't just a book—it was a grenade. Wilson exposed the brutal truth about racism in the North, where "free" Black people were still beaten, starved, and worked to death. Her story was so shocking it was deliberately forgotten for over a century. This video uncovers Wilson's life as a indentured servant, a desperate mother, and a pioneering writer who used fiction to fight back. You'll see how she shattered the myth of Northern freedom and why her book remains a weapon against hypocrisy today.
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