Overview :Born into slavery in Kentucky, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was kept functionally illiterate until after his escape at the age of ninetee... Read More
Overview :Ezra Greenspan's masterful work, elegantly written and rigorously researched, sets Brown's life in the richly rendered context of his times,... Read More
Overview :Thirteen years ago, I came to your door, a weary fugitive from chains and stripes. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was hungry, and y... Read More
Overview :"The Narrative of William Wells Brown - A Fugitive Slave" from William Wells Brown. A prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, nove... Read More
Overview :Born a slave and kept functionally illiterate until he escaped at age nineteen, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) refashioned himself first as... Read More
Overview :Growing up as a slave in an urban area of Missouri allowed William Wells Brown to live a life that was different from that of the plantation... Read More
Overview :Originally published in 1847, William W. Brown offers a first-person narrative that details his enslavement and the daring escape that ultim... Read More
Overview :In this autobiography, published in 1847, William Wells Brown details his life of slavery in Missouri. He describes in horrid detail the pun... Read More
Overview :The "Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Written by Himself", is a memoir of William Wells Brown published in 1847, which becam... Read More
Overview :The Narrative of William W. Brown a Fugitive Slave is a classic American slave biography by William Wells Brown. Thirteen years ago, I came ... Read More
Overview :This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popu... Read More
Overview :First published in December 1853, Clotel was written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of hi... Read More
Overview :The Narrative of William W. Brown ranks alongside Frederick Douglass' memoirs as an influential force in the abolition movement and a lastin... Read More
Overview :"The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings" is a powerful testament to the anti-slavery movement in the United ... Read More
Overview :William Wells Brown, who is credited with being the first African American novelist, crafts a groundbreaking piece of American fiction in hi... Read More
Overview :This novel explores slavery's destructive effects on African-American families, the difficult lives of American mulattoes or mixed-race peop... Read More