In 1825, Harriet E. Wilson was born in Milford, New Hampshire, to a white mother…
In 1825, Harriet E. Wilson was born in Milford, New Hampshire, to a white mother and a Black father. After her mother’s death, she was given away as an indentured servant, spending her childhood in labor and hardship instead of school or play. As an adult, abandoned by her husband and left to care for […]








