William Wells Brown A Reader |
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| Editor:
| Greenspan, Ezra |
| Author:
| Brown, William Wells |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-3224-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Born into slavery in Kentucky, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was kept functionally illiterate until after his escape at the age of nineteen. Remarkably, he became the most widely published and versatile African American writer of the nineteenth century as well as an important leader in the abolitionist and temperance movements.
Born into slavery in Kentucky, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was kept functionally illiterate until after his escape at the age of nineteen. Remarkably, he became the most widely published and versatile African American writer of the nineteenth century as well as an important leader in the abolitionist and temperance movements.