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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
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Elizabeth Keckley
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