william wells brown

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born 1814?, near Lexington, Ky., U.S. died Nov. 6, 1884, Chelsea, Mass. U.S. writer. Born into slavery, Brown escaped and educated himself, settling in the Boston area. He wrote a popular autobiography, Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave (1847), and lectured on abolitionism and temperance reform. Clotel (1853), his only novel, concerning the descendants of Thomas Jefferson and a slave, was the first novel ever published by an African American. His only play, The Escape (1858), is about two slaves who secretly marry
william wells brown

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    Wil·liam Wells Brown

    Turkish pronunciation

    wîlyım welz braun

    Pronunciation

    /ˈwəlyəm ˈwelz ˈbroun/ /ˈwɪljəm ˈwɛlz ˈbraʊn/
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