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Also Known As	Harriet E. Adams
Born	1828? • New Hampshire
Died	1863? • Boston • Massachusetts
Notable Works	“Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House, North. Showing that Slavery’s Shadows Fall Even There. By ‘Our Nig’ ”

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