ena to come to South Carolina as well, believing that she would be successful in masking her true identity as a mulatto in white society. Shortly after moving there, she falls in love with a "North Carolina gentleman" named George Tyron. However, Tyron eventually reveals Rena's as a mulatto and cancels their upcoming wedding. After this incident, Rena decides to become a nun in North Carolina and spends her life relinquishing the pain she suffered from the white society and trying to improve the way blacks were perceived in society. It is ironic, that for John to have an "identity" in the novel, he has to act as a white man, but it is another white man that eventually led to the death of his sister. On the other hand of mulatto color spectrum was the character of Frado, in Our Nig. In the Mid-Nineteen Century was a period of conflicts and battles for black people. Although the government had approved the freedom of slaves in the North, there was still discriminatory treatment towards the colored people. In the autobiographical novel, Our Nig, the author Harriet Wilson, depicts her experiences as a free slave through the character of Frado in her novel and reveals the power of skin color over the laws of society. Moreover, through Frado eyes, Wilson describes the way she was subjected to cruel treatments under white's mastery (Mrs. Belmont), and in the way she reacted towards racism. In order to understand the suffering in a life of a mulatto, Wilson shows how Frado suffered discrimination at school when nobody wanted to play with her just because she was a "nigger." Furthermore, Mrs. Belmont wanted to limit her knowledge in religion because "religion was not meant for niggers"(68). Nevertheless, these words did not stop Frado as she learned how to read, write, and understand God's words even if it meant troubles and punishments for her. Also, even though being a part of family, mulatto (Frado) was not treated equally as she was im...
