Harriet E. Wilson

Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900) was born in New Hampshire, where she worked from a young age as a servant to an abusive family. 

P. Gabrielle Foreman, a MacArthur Fellow, is a professor of American literature, African American studies, and history at Pennsylvania State University, where she is also the founding co-director of the Center for Black Digital Research/#DigBlk.

Reginald Pitts is a historical researcher and genealogist with more than twenty years’ experience.