The daughter of Joshua Green, an African-American "hooper of barrels", and Margaret Ann (or Adams) Smith, a washerwoman of Irish ancestry. Her novel Our Nig was published in 1859 and rediscovered in 1982. Traditionally considered the first female African-American novelist as well as the first African American of any gender to publish a novel on the North American continent. Overall, Wilson's point-counterpoint style denounces ethnic degradations while claiming liberation for the Statue of Liberty's 1886 "huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Heading each of OUR NIG's chapters, Wilson's quotations challenge contemporary racial intolerance and gender bias. Wilson's subtlety engages topics about Earth's natural environment, family relations, societal attitudes, cross-cultural exchanges, moral/corrupt practices, finances, entertainments, and personal struggles. " in Wilson's title, embraces readers as family members who accept the main characters' values as their own. identifies Wilson's biased interactions imposed upon African American characters. catalogues the biased interactions among comingled populations. Wilson's main character, Mag Smith, presents behaviors that display the full humanity of African Americans. Wilson's 1859 novel, OUR NIG or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black. WILSON'S NOVEL, OUR NIG (2021) tracks empathy featured in Harriet E. Lewis' A VOCABULARY CONCORDANCE OF HARRIET E.
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