Group seeking recognition for female author Harriet Wilson

Friday, May 28, 2004 at 02:41AM
TheSpook

In the mid-1800s,a black woman wrote a novel about a  black girl who was  beaten and tortured by her  white masters in Milford. Scholars believe  Harriet  Wilson's book was autobiographical, but for more than a century,her  story was more or less forgotten. [more]

Article originally appeared on (http://brownwatch.com/).