Our Nig: Or, Sketches From the Life of a Free Black

Why is the setting so important to the overall theme of the book?

The novel takes place mainly at the Bellmont's household

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It is actually set in the North, Antebellum New England, where things were not supposed to be as bad for blacks as they were in the South.