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A prolific and celebrated writer who worked within several genres, William Wells Brown (1814-84) is now firmly established in the American canon, often recognized as the first African American novelist for his Clotel (1853). Born enslaved in Kentucky, Brown escaped to Ohio in 1834. After his escape,...

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Main Author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Other Authors: Ernest, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Brown, William Wells, > 1814?-1884
Brown, William Wells, > 1814?-1884.
Slavery.
Manners and customs.
African Americans.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Esclavage > États-Unis.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud)
Slavery > United States.
African Americans > Southern States.
United States.
Southern States.
Southern States > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A prolific and celebrated writer who worked within several genres, William Wells Brown (1814-84) is now firmly established in the American canon, often recognized as the first African American novelist for his Clotel (1853). Born enslaved in Kentucky, Brown escaped to Ohio in 1834. After his escape, he was involved with the Underground Railroad, spent several years in Europe evading recapture under the Fugitive Slave Act, and finally returned to the United States after his freedom was purchased in 1854. In Boston, he continued his work as an outspoken abolitionist, memoirist, novelist, journal.
Item Description:Previously published: Boston : A.G. Brown & Co., 1882. 3rd ed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (300 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469602646

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