# Our Nig — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph presents a poetic meditation on universal suffering, injustice, and moral struggle, suggesting that virtue is often persecuted and that sorrow and temptation are inescapable parts of human existence.
- [Our Nig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/our-nig.md): The opening of the narrative introduces Mag Smith, a white woman abandoned and degraded, who gives birth to a mixed-race daughter, Frado. After Mag's marriage to a Black man and his death, Frado is left at the Bellmont h
- [Mag Smith, My Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/i-mag-smith-my-mother.md): The chapter introduces Mag Smith, a lonely and fallen woman who, after being seduced and abandoned, loses her child and retreats to a hovel in Singleton. She lives in poverty and isolation, scorned by the community. Jim,
- [II: My Father’s Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/ii-my-father-s-death.md): This chapter recounts the death of Jim, Mag's husband and Frado's father, and Mag's subsequent descent into poverty and desperation. After Jim's death, Mag returns to her hovel and eventually enters a relationship with S
- [III: A New Home for Me](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/iii-a-new-home-for-me.md): Frado is left at the Bellmont household after her mother Mag disappears. The family debates whether to keep her, with Mr. Bellmont, Jack, and Jane advocating for her, while Mrs. Bellmont and Mary object. Frado is given m

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- [IV: A Friend for Nig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/iv-a-friend-for-nig.md)
- [Departures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/v-departures.md)
- [Varieties](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/vi-varieties.md)
- [VII: Spiritual Condition of Nig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/vii-spiritual-condition-of-nig.md)
- [Visitor and Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/viii-visitor-and-departure.md)
- [IX: Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/ix-death.md)
- [X: Perplexities.—Another Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/x-perplexities-another-death.md)
- [Marriage Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/xi-marriage-again.md)
- [XII: The Winding Up of the Matter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/xii-the-winding-up-of-the-matter.md)
- [Appendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_nig_se/chapters/appendix.md)

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