Three Women Writers A Study in Virtue and Christianity...

Three Women Writers: A Study in Virtue and Christianity of the 18th and 19th centuries The popularity of Toni Morrisons Beloved has recently awakened a mainstream interest in African-American literature. Writers, such as Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes, have also facilitated the infiltration of African American voices into popular culture. This website is devoted to three women who, like Morrison and Angelou, have aided in the formation and development of the African American literary tradition, but often remain unremembered in todays society. Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs, and Harriet Wilson have all made valuable contributions in the forms of poetry, narrative, and fiction to the early stages of a growing literary tradition.†¦show more content†¦Harriet Wilson Harriet Wilson is believed to be the first African American woman to publish a novel in English. The rediscovery of her novel, Our Nig, in 1981 led into an inquiry into her life. Still few biographical details are known about Wilsons life. It is thought that she was born in New Hampshire in 1827 or 1828. The next known record of her is in 1850 and documents her as living with the Boyles family in Milford. She then left the Boyles in order to support herself. On October 6, 1851 she married Thomas Wilson and gave birth to her son George Mason Wilson in the spring of 1852. After being deserted by her husband, Wilson wrote Our Nig in effort to supplement her income as a seamstress and to support her son. After the death of her son in 1860, Wilson soon disappears from public record. Harriet Jacobs Jacobs was born in North Carolina in 1813 as a slave, although she wasnt aware of this misfortune until the age of six. Upon the death of her mistress, Jacobss situation as a slave became intolerable. At the age of fifteen, she had already become the object of her masters (Dr. Flint) sexual desire. 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