As William Wells Brown's first published work and his most widely read autobiography, the 1847 Narrative occupies an important place within not only his oeuvre but also the broader African American literary tradition. Brown would draw directly from the text in many of his later works, among them Clotel, The Escape, and My Southern Home. Preceding this account of Brown's life, however, are two letters and a preface. The first letter William Wells Brown himself writes in thanks to "Wells Brown, of Ohio" (iii), while the second, written by Edmund Quincy, remarks upon the variety of Brown's...
As William Wells Brown's first published work and his most widely read autobiography, the 1847 Narrative occupies an important place within not only h...
This is a slave narrative written in the mid-19th century before the Civil War. From the preface: " THE present Narrative was first published in Boston, (U.S.) in July, 1847, and eight thousand copies were sold in less than eighteen months from the time of its publication. This rapid sale may be attributed to the circumstance, that for three years preceding its publication, I had been employed as a lecturing agent by the American Anti-slavery Society; and I was thus very generally known throughout the Free States of the Great Republic, as one who had spent the first twenty years of his life...
This is a slave narrative written in the mid-19th century before the Civil War. From the preface: " THE present Narrative was first published in Bosto...
This is a history of African Americans in America written by a former slave during the 19th century. From the preface: " THE calumniators and traducers of the Negro are to be found, mainly, among two classes. The first and most relentless are those who have done them the greatest injury, by being instrumental in their enslavement and consequent degradation. They delight to descant upon the "natural inferiority" of the blacks, and claim that we were destined only for a servile condition, entitled neither to liberty nor the legitimate pursuit of happiness. The second class are those who are...
This is a history of African Americans in America written by a former slave during the 19th century. From the preface: " THE calumniators and traducer...
William Wells Brown was a prominent American abolitionist in the 19th century. Brown was born into slavery and wrote an account of his experiences. Brown also wrote Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter which is thought to be the first novel written by an African-American.
William Wells Brown was a prominent American abolitionist in the 19th century. Brown was born into slavery and wrote an account of his experiences. Br...
This is a slave narrative written in the mid-19th century before the Civil War. From the preface: " THE present Narrative was first published in Boston, (U.S.) in July, 1847, and eight thousand copies were sold in less than eighteen months from the time of its publication. This rapid sale may be attributed to the circumstance, that for three years preceding its publication, I had been employed as a lecturing agent by the American Anti-slavery Society; and I was thus very generally known throughout the Free States of the Great Republic, as one who had spent the first twenty years of his life...
This is a slave narrative written in the mid-19th century before the Civil War. From the preface: " THE present Narrative was first published in Bosto...
