This paper discusses the protagonists of three works: Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat", Toni Morrison's "Sula" and Harriet E.
Adams Wilson's "Our Nig". The author analyzes the three main characters and the representation of black womanhood. Through their literature, it is shown how Wilson
wished to achieve an active political purpose, the abolishment of
slavery whereas Morrison and Hurston wished to reconfigure the norms that shaped Black female self-perception.