The Works of William Wells Brown: Using His "Strong, Manly Voice"

by William Wells Brown

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195309634
• ISBN13: 9780195309638
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 481 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"