Collects three novels, including "The Heroic Slave" which provides a fictional account of the rebellion led by Madison Washington on the slave ship "Creole;" "Clotel" which chronicles the experiences of the author who was an African-American slave born in Lexington, Kentucky; and "Our Nig" in which the author uses her own experiences to relate the fictitious story about the struggles of Frado, the daughter of a white mother and black father.