William W. Brown

The "Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave" is a poignant and gripping autobiographical account written by William Wells Brown, an African American who escaped from the bonds of slavery in the 19th century. Brown's narrative serves as a effective and compelling testomony to the horrors of American slavery and the indomitable human spirit's quest for freedom and justice. In his narrative, Brown affords an in depth and harrowing description of his lifestyles as a slave, recounting the bodily and psychological brutality persevered with the aid of enslaved individuals in the antebellum South. He chronicles his numerous tries to break out from bondage and the perilous journey to freedom, highlighting the excellent braveness and resourcefulness required to break free from the shackles of slavery. William Wells Brown's writing is marked with the aid of its stark honesty and eloquence. He not simplest exposes the cruelty of the organization of slavery but also eloquently articulates the moral and ethical arguments against it. Brown's narrative was a widespread contribution to the abolitionist movement, because it supplied firsthand perception into the inhumanity of slavery and helped impress the efforts to cease this deeply entrenched practice.

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William W. Brown was born a slave near Lexington, Kentucky in 1814. He was the son of a white plantation owner, likely the son of his master, and an enslaved woman. Brown grew up near St. Louis, Missouri and served several slave-masters before escaping in 1834. In 1843 he became a lecturing agent for the New York Anti-Slavery Society, and a prolific writer, penning poetry, novels, historical volumes and plays. After moving back to America after living in England for some time, Brown settled in Boston and in that same year, published his autobiography. Brown's narrative of his experiences as a slave are captured in this book, "An American Slave - A Personal Narrative".

The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving together a variety of contemporary source materials, Brown fills the novel with daring escapes and encounters, as well as searing depictions of the American slave trade. An innovative and challenging work of literary invention, Clotel is receiving much renewed attention today. William Wells Brown, though born into slavery, escaped to become one of the most prominent reformers of the nineteenth century and one of the earliest historians of the black experience. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition reproduces the first, 1853, edition of Clotel and includes, as did that edition, his autobiographical narrative, "The Life and Escape of William Wells Brown," plus newly written notes. "A remarkable beginning for African-American fiction."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.