NMLP P-035896 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black

Harriet E. Wilson · George C. Rand and Avery (Boston) · 1859

Showing that Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There.' Wilson copyrighted the book in her own name on August 18, 1859, and the title page states only that it was 'printed' — not 'published' — by George C. Rand and Avery of Boston, indicating that the author financed the printing herself; the book is recorded as having reached print on September 5, 1859

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-035896 for "Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black" by Harriet E. Wilson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035896, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).