Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
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This 1847 memoir was written by prominent activist and writer William Wells Brown to support the abolitionist movement. It chronicles Brown’s cruel treatment as an enslaved man, the horrors that he witnessed, and his multiple escape attempts for freedom.
Note: This book is part of a historical collection and may include offensive language.
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SOURCE
Public Domain
DATE OF PUBLICATION
1847
NARRATIVE
of
WILLIAM W BROWN,
a
FUGITIVE SLAVE
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
———Is there not some chosen curse,
Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven,
Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man
Who gains his fortune from the blood of souls?
Cowper.
SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE,
no. 21 cornhill.
1848
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by william w brown, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
Stereotyped by
GEORGE A. CURTIS;
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