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'Frado In Harriot Wilson's Our Nig'

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Harriot Wilson’s “Our Nig” illustrates the struggles of a young mulatto woman name Frado. Although she is not enslaved like Frederick Douglass, she still suffered psychologically and physically by the hands of White people. At the age of seven, Frado is abandoned by her mother and officially becomes a servant for the Bellmont family. For years, Mrs. Bellmont treated Frado like a slave, by physically abusing and berating her. Like Douglass, Frado was deprived of an education just so she could remain ignorant. Having knowledge would only threaten Mrs. Belmont’s authority, which is why she prevents Frado from attending church or reading the Bible. Wilson stated “Next morning Mrs. Bellmont told Frado she ‘should not go out of the house for one

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