William Wells Brown (1814–1884)
Auteur van Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
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Fotografie: From an 1854 publication
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Werken van William Wells Brown
Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States (1853) 335 exemplaren
Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States [Bedford Cultural Editions] (2000) 112 exemplaren
The Illustrated Edition of the Life and Escape of William Wells Brown from American Slavery (2010) 3 exemplaren
Narrativa de William Wells Brown, escravo fugitivo 2 exemplaren
The Rising Son, or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race (Classics To Go) (2021) 1 exemplaar
The Classic Slave Narratives 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Brown, William Wells
- Geboortedatum
- 1814-11-06
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1884-11-06
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- USA
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- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
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- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Saint Charles, Missouri, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Buffalo, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- slave
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- American Anti-Slavery Society (speaker)
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- Clotel, by William Wells Brown, is sometimes considered the first novel published by a black American.
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There's also many fascinating glimpses into Georgian and Victorian society and, while varying degrees of racism are noted, many of the impressions of visitors to the island are positive about their reception and of the culture in which they find themselves.
A nuanced and balanced selection of historical testimonies which I thoroughly enjoyed reading, not least the short section on John Ocansey's day trip from Liverpool to my home town of Southport 🏖️… (meer)