This was probably the best-selling novel by an Afro-American writer prior to the twentieth century. Published in 1892, it went through five impressions in one year. Frances Harper had already gained an international reputuation as a writer, lecturer, and political activist when this, her only novel, was published. It enjoyed a wide readership among men and women, black and white, in the US, Canada, and Britain.
- ISBN10 1605972533
- ISBN13 9781605972534
- Publish Date 13 March 2008 (first published 28 July 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Book Jungle
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 216
- Language English