Reproduction of the original: Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Metby Wi...

By 1849, the Narrative of William W. Brown was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copi...

About the authorWilliam Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 - November 6, 1884) was an American aboliti...

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States is an 1853 n...

The Black Man

An account of life as a slave in mid-19th century MissouriAbout the authorWilliam Wells Brown (No...

Originally published in 1853, Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Bro...

Clotel

The Rising Son - The Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race is an unchanged, high-qualit...

Thirteen years ago, I came to your door, a weary fugitive from chains and stripes. I was a strang...

Reproduction of the original: Clotelle, or the Colored Heroineby William Wells Brown

Reproduction of the original: Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern Statesby William Wells Brown