Vocabulary Concordance of Harriet E. Wilson's Novel Our Nig

Lewis' A VOCABULARY CONCORDANCE OF HARRIET E. WILSON'S NOVEL OUR NIG (2021) tracks empathy featured in Harriet E. Wilson's 1859 novel OUR NIG; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black. Wilson's main character Mag Smith presents behaviors that display the full humanity of African Americans. Lewis' CONCORDANCE . . . catalogues the biased interactions among comingled populations. Lewis' CONCORDANCE . . . identifies Wilson's biased interactions imposed upon African American characters. The word OUR . . . in Wilson's title embraces readers as family members who accept the main characters' values as their own. Wilson's subtlety engages topics about Earth's natural environment family relations societal attitudes cross-cultural exchanges moral/corrupt practices finances entertainments and personal struggles. Heading each of OUR NIG's chapters Wilson's quotations challenge contemporary racial intolerance and gender bias. Overall Wilson's point-counterpoint style denounces ethnic degradations while claiming liberation for the Statue of Liberty's 1886 huddled masses yearning to breathe free.