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William Wells Brown : an African American life / Ezra Greenspan.
Van Pelt Library PS1139.B9 Z64 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenspan, Ezra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.
- Brown, William Wells.
- African American authors--Biography.
- African American authors.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.
- Fugitive slaves.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 614 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
- Contents:
- Part 1 From Life to Letters
- 1 Antecedents in Black and White 11
- 2 Down the River, Up the River 43
- 3 Sweet Freedom 94
- 4 The Road to Reform 116
- 5 Narrative of a Life, Life of a Narrative 146
- Part 2 England
- 6 London, the Biggest Stage 203
- 7 "Almost an Englishman" 268
- Part 3 Civil War
- 8 "Upon an Experimental Voyage" 317
- 9 The Black Man at War 367
- Part 4 "The World Does Move"
- 10 "Help Me to Find My People" 417
- 11 My Southern Home, Revisited 455.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393240900
- 0393240908
- OCLC:
- 884631079
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