From fugitive slave to free man
Subtitle: the autobiographies of William Wells Brown
By: edited and with an introduction by William L. Andrews.
Contributors: Andrews, William L., 1946-; Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884.; Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- Biography; Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: William Wells Brown spent the first twenty years of his life mainly in St. Louis and the surrounding areas working as a house servant, field hand, a tavern keeper's assistant, a printer's helper, an assistant in a medical office, and a handyman for James Walker, a Missouri slave trader. During his time with Walker, Brown made three trips up and down the Mississippi River. These trips allowed him to encounter slavery from every perspective and provided experiences he would draw on throughout his writing career.
Notes: First work originally published: 2nd ed. Boston : Anti-Slavery Office, 1848. 2nd work originally published: Boston : [s.n.], 1880. Originally published as a collection with commentary: New York Mentor Books, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-298).
Table of contents: title: Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave; title: My southern home, or, The South and its people.