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Harriet Wilson

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Noun1.Harriet Wilson - author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)


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Sojourner Truth, Eliza Potter, Harriet Wilson and Elizabeth Keckley disagreed and gave voice to their opinions in writing.
Through her complex characterization of Frado, Harriet Wilson fictionalizes a concern faced by blacks throughout their history in America, that is, the question of what it means to be black in a culture that is preoccupied with whiteness.
The autobiographies of four 19th-century women, Sojourner Truth, Eliza Potter, Harriet Wilson and Elizabeth Keckley, reveal their shared pride and value for themselves as self-reliant wage laborers.
 
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