The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 11th, 2001
Novel could be earliest by a black woman
Experts say runaway slave's manuscript, heavy on moralizing, is authentic
Sunday, November 11, 2001
New York Times
In the spring of 1857, one of John Hill Wheeler's slaves slipped away from his North Carolina plantation and made her way north to New Jersey. There she promptly picked up a quill pen and began to write a novel, combining the story of her own life with elements of the many sentimental sagas she had evidently borrowed.
This is the origin of a 300-page manuscript called "The Bondswoman's Narrative," according to its new owner, Henry Loui...
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