William Wells Brown: 28 books
William Wells Brown: Clotel & Other Writings (LOA #247)
Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave / Clotel; or, the President's Daughter / The American Fugitive in Europe / The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Born a slave and kept functionally illiterate until he escaped at age nineteen, William Wells Brown (1814–1884) refashioned himself first as an agent of the Underground Railroad, then as an antislavery activist and self-taught orator, and finally as the author of a series of landmark works that...
Le récit de William Wells Brown, esclave fugitif, écrit par lui-même
Traduction, introduction et notes de Claire Parfait et Marie-Jeanne Rossignol
Language: French
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Après celui de Frederick Douglass (1845), le récit de William Wells Brown (1847) est le plus célèbre des récits d'esclaves fugitifs publiés aux États-Unis avant la guerre de Sécession. Dans ce témoignage incomparable d'un auteur sachant manier l'émotion, l'ironie et l'amertume, Brown retrace...
by William Wells Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
«William Wells Brown (1814 – 1884) was a prominent African-American author, playwright and lecturer who is considered one of the first significant antislavery activists. An escaped slave, he dedicated his life to writing a truthful memoirs, essays, novels, biographies and finally became the...
by August Nemo, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Welcome to the 3 Books To Know series, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate...
by Ida B. Wells Barnett, William Wells Brown, Mary Prince
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”
- Marcus Garvey.
Slave Narrative Six Pack 4 is a mixed bag of narratives, biographies and eye-witness accounts from ex-slaves and abolitionists:
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave...
Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave
Written by Himself
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
By 1849, the Narrative of William W. Brown was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copies in less than eighteen months and making it one of the fastest-selling antislavery tracts of its time. The book's popularity can be attributed both to the strong voice of its author and Brown's notoriety...
Clotel
or, The President's Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2003
The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving together a variety of contemporary source materials, Brown...
by Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Willie Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
This unique collection of "SLAVERY: Hundreds of Documented Testimonies of Former Slaves, Influential Memoirs, Records on Living Conditions and Customs in the South & History of Abolitionist Movement" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: Narrative...
Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels
The Underground Railroad, Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, 12 Years a Slave, Uncle Tom's Cabin, History of Abolitionism, Lynch Law, Civil Rights Acts, New Amendments and much more
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2017
This carefully crafted ebook: "Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave The Underground Railroad Up From Slavery Willie Lynch Letter Confessions of Nat...
Three Great African-American Novels
The Heroic Slave, Clotel and Our Nig
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Written by three of the most prominent black writers of the nineteenth century, this trio of compelling early classics of African-American literature paints unforgettable portraits of strength and determination framed by the shackles of slavery. Abolitionist authors Frederick Douglass and William...
My Southern Home
The South and Its People
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
The culmination of William Wells Brown's long writing career, My Southern Home is the story of Brown's search for a home in a land of slavery and racism. Brown (1814-84), a prolific and celebrated abolitionist and writer often recognized as the first African American novelist for his Clotel (1853),...
by William Wells Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
William Wells Brown, the subject of this narrative, was born a slave in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1834 he escaped from a steamboat in Cincinnati and found shelter at a Quaker family. In 1849 he started a journey through Europe, of which this book tells us. Brown is also known as the author of "Clotel",...
by William Wells Brown
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
The Narrative of William W. Brown ranks alongside Frederick Douglass' memoirs as an influential force in the abolition movement and a lasting testimonial to the injustice of slavery. The simple, straightforward style of Brown's Narrative offers a sincere and moving account of life in bondage, recounted...
Clotel
Or, the President's Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel by an African-American. When the book was published, Brown himself was legally the property of someone else within the United States, having escaped from slavery in Kentucky when he was younger. In this story...
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