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Harriet E. Wilson: References & Edit History

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Mentioned that Henry Louis Gates, Jr., rediscovered Our Nig in the early 1980s. Dec 05, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Jan 29, 2024
Links added. Jan 26, 2023
Invalidated site: The Harriet Wilson Project. Feb 16, 2015
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Harriet Wilson. Feb 15, 2015
Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Biography of Harriet E. Adams Wilson. Feb 15, 2015
Added new Web site: The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library - Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black - Harriet E. Wilson. Jun 05, 2006
Article revised. Dec 07, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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