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Title	African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
View collection at	http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/
Description	This collection includes 42 published works of fiction, poetry, autobiography/biography, and essays. Highlights include Ann Plato's Essays (1841), the first book of essays by an African American; Harriet Wilson's Our Nig (1859), the first novel published by a black person in the United States; and one title from the 18th century, Phillis Wheatly's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773).
Subject	African American women authors Women authors
Place	United States
Time Period	1840-1859 1860-1879 1880-1899
Publisher	The New York Public Library
Primary Sources	Books Fiction Poetry
Thumbnail caption	Elizabeth Keckley

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