My southern home or, the South and its people
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| Sprache: | English |
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University of North Carolina Press
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| Beschreibung: | Previously published: Boston : A.G. Brown & Co., 1882. 3rd ed Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview of This Edition of My Southern Home; My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People; Printer's Errors and Editorial Changes; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. A prolific and celebrated writer who worked within several genres, William Wells Brown (1814-84) is now firmly established in the American canon, often recognized as the first African American novelist for his Clotel (1853). Born enslaved in Kentucky, Brown escaped to Ohio in 1834. After his escape, he was involved with the Underground Railroad, spent several years in Europe evading recapture under the Fugitive Slave Act, and finally returned to the United States after his freedom was purchased in 1854. In Boston, he continued his work as an outspoken abolitionist, memoirist, novelist, journal |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xlix, 247 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0807835110 080786935X 0807872083 1469602644 9780807835111 9780807869352 9780807872086 9781469602646 |