Milford, New Hampshire
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Milford is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States, on the Souhegan River. The population was 16,131 at the 2020 census, up from 15,115 at the 2010 census. It is the retail and man
The center oval and town hall
Lithograph of Milford from 1886 by L.R. Burleigh with list of landmarks
Centennial Park
William Peabody House
Harriet E. Wilson
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Harriet E. Wilson was an African-American novelist. She was the first African American to publish a novel in North America.
Milford, New Hampshire
…the now-bankrupt private theater American Stage Festival. Milford was a stop on the Underground Railroad for escaped slaves. It was also the home of Harriet E. Wilson, who published the semi-autobiographical novel Our Nig: Or, Sketches in the Life of a Free Black in 1859, making it the first novel by an African-American…
Portrait of Harriet E. W Ilson
Original title page of Our Nig, published by George C. Rand and Avery (1859).