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*** ,1825
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June 28, 1900 (75 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
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Celebrities born on March 15
Born in 1825
Born in Milford, New Hampshire
Pisces named Harriet
Novelists from New Hampshire
Novelists born in United States
75 years old celebrities
First name Harriet
Harriet E. Wilson is an African American novelist. She was the first African-American to publish a novel on the North American continent. His novel Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, was published anonymously in 1859 in Boston, Massachusetts, and was not widely known. The novel was discovered in 1982 by the scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who noted it as the first African-American novel to be published in the United States. Born a free black man in New Hampshire, Wilson was orphaned as a child and was bound until the age of 18 as an unsecured servant. She struggled to make a living after that, got married twice; Her only son, George, died at the age of 7 in the shabby house she had placed him in as she tried to survive as a widow. She wrote a novel. Wilson was later affiliated with the Spiritualist Church, paid on public lecture channels for lectures about his life, and worked as a motel housekeeper.

About Harriet E. Wilson

Novelist Harriet E. Wilson was born in Milford, New Hampshire, United States on March 15, 1825. She dies at the age of 75, on June 28, 1900.

Her debut novel, Our Nig, was published anonymously in 1859, earning her the title of first female African-American novelist.

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Harriet E. Wilson before becoming famous

Harriet E. Wilson was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1825 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

She worked as an indentured servant until she turned eighteen.

Achievement of Harriet E. Wilson

Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, was a little-known novel during her lifetime, but it was rediscovered in 1982 by historian TV Show Host Henry Louis Gates.

Harriet E. Wilson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She was born in New Hampshire to a father who was African-American and a mother who was Irish. In 1851, she married Thomas Wilson.

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Her writing style has been compared to that of Novelist Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women.

Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) (Novelist)
Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

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Harriet E. Wilson Income & Net worth

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