Brown's Narrative sold well, inspiring additional works from Brown, including another autobiography and several histories. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. William Wells Brown died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Nov. 6, 1884. Brown served several slave-masters before escaping in 1834 and was helped to obtain his freedom by a Quaker. William was bought and sold several times.

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He used his literary talents for the abolitionist cause and to record the history of African-Americans. William Wells Brown.

Brown also wrote a play, "The Escape" (1858) and several historical works including "The Black Man" (1863), "The Negro in the American Revolution" (1867), "The Rising Son" (1873) and another volume of his autobiography, "My Southern Home" (1880).

William Wells Brown (ca. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial William Wells Brown was born in Lexington, Ky. His mother was a slave and, according to tradition, the daughter of Daniel Boone, the frontiersman.

1814-1884) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Elizabeth, a slave woman, and a white relative of his owner.

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He spent the next two years working on a Lake Erie steamboat and running fugitive slaves into Canada.

Please try again later. In 1853, Brown published "Clotel," a story about President Thomas Jefferson's relationship with a slave mistress named Sally Hemmings which is believed to be the first novel published by an African-American. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Born a slave near Lexington, Kentucky in 1814, he was the son of a white plantation owner and a slave and grew up near St. Louis, Missouri.
Brown became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and worked on a Lake Erie steamer ferrying slaves to freedom in Canada. African-American Author and Historian. Try again later.All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage.

His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave. Born a slave, William Wells Brown (1815-1884) escaped to freedom and became the first African American to publish a novel or a play. Brown became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and worked on a Lake Erie steamer ferrying slaves to freedom in Canada. In 1843 he became a lecturing agent for the New York Anti-Slavery Society, soon obtaining a reputation as one of the movement's best orators.

He is widely considered to have been the first African American to publish works in several major literary genres. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Williamwas born into slavery near the city of Lexington, Kentucky. His autobiography, Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave, documents his life as a slave in Missouri and is one of … An author, playwright, and lecturer, William Wells Brown is considered one of the first significant African American writers and antislavery activists. His father, George W. Higgins, was a plantation owner. In 1833, he tried to escape slavery with his mother, but they were captured.

He was born either sometime in 1814 or on March 15, 1815.

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His exact birth date is not known. He was also the first to have a play and a travel book published.

He was also an abolitionist and an internationally acclaimed lecturer. Share this memorial using social media sites or email.Also an additional volunteer within fifty miles.Family members linked to this person will appear here. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial?Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Brown is perhaps best known for his writing and 1853 publication of Clotel, one of the first novels published by an African American. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Please reset your password.Plese check the I'm not a robot checkbox.' Brown died in 1884 in Massachusetts.