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The Selected Writings of William Wells Brown: Using His Strong, Manly Voice
Edited by Hollis Robbins, Edited by Paula Garrett, Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Widely considered the first African-American novelist, William Wells Brown's (ca. 1814-1884) 1853 novel, Clotel, or the President's Daughter, chronicled the fate of the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his black housekeeper. Yet, in his own day, Brown was perhaps more important as a rousing orator, scholar, and cultural critic. He escaped from slavery in 1834 and worked on Lake Erie steamboats in Buffalo, New York, helping slaves escape into Canada and lecturing for the New York Anti-Slavery Society. After moving to Boston in 1847, he began writing his autobiography, The Narrative of William W. Brown. By 1850, the book had appeared in four American and five British editions and rivaled the popularity of Frederick Douglass's Narrative written two years earlier. Throughout the late 1840s and 50s, Brown continued to lecture to further the antislavery cause and wrote prolifically. In addition to Clotel, he published the first drama written by an African American
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Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc
Published date | 11 Jan 2007
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 519
Dimensions | 242 x 166 x 38mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 875g
ISBN | 978-0-1953-0963-8
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BISAC | literary criticism / american / general
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