William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown (1814-1884)

William Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 November 6, 1884) was a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery in the Southern United States, Brown escaped to the North, where he worked for abolitionist causes and was a prolific writer. Brown was a pioneer in several different literary genres, including travel writing, fiction, and drama, and wrote what is considered to be the first novel by an African American. An almost exact contemporary of Frederick Douglass, Wells Brown was overshadowed by Douglass and the two feuded publicly.

William Wells Brown's Books:

[Clotel Or The President Daughter | Clotelle A Tale Of The Southern States | Clotelle Or The Colored Heroine | The Narrative Of William W Brown A Fugitive Slave]