William Wells Brown (c. 1814 – November 6, 1884) was an American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery near Mount Sterling...

William Brown may refer to: William Brown (industrial relations expert) (1945–2019), British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge William Brown...

Elizabeth Josephine Brown (June 12, 1839 – January 16, 1874) was the daughter and biographer of escaped African-American slave William Wells Brown and his first...

Achievements is a book published in 1863 by William Wells Brown which sketches the lives of individuals Brown determined had by their "own genius, capacity...

narratives by such masters as Frederick Douglass, and early novels by William Wells Brown, has gained increasing recognition. Most often associated with the...

escaped slaves, such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and William Wells Brown. However, Northup was unique in documenting his being kidnapped as...

States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Brown, who escaped from slavery...

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(ed.). Puttin' On Ole Massa: The Slave Narratives of Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, and Solomon Northup. Harper & Row. p. 260. LCCN 69017285. Northup...

banking subsidiary. Wells Fargo became a coast-to-coast bank with the 2008 acquisition of Charlotte-based Wachovia. Henry Wells and William G. Fargo, who founded...

ISBN 0-393-97778-1. "William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884: Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive...

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Leap for Freedom is a play written by African American abolitionist William Wells Brown. While the play was published in 1858, it was not officially produced...

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musician Bill Wells (footballer) (William George "Bill" Wells, a.k.a. "Bomber" Wells, 1920–2013), Australian Rules footballer Billy Wells (football player)...

William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown or Almirante Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish sailor, merchant, and naval commander...

Massachusetts. William Vincent Wells was born in Boston in 1826, the son of poets Thomas Wells (1790–1861) and Anna Maria (Foster) Wells (1795–1868). He...

suggested Wells, who enthusiastically accepted the invitation. In 1894, before leaving the US for her second visit to Great Britain, Wells called on William Penn...

Crafts arrived in the North, abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and William Wells Brown encouraged them to recount their escape in public lectures...

upside-down or handled it roughly. Brown remained still and avoided detection. The box was received by Williamson, McKim, William Still, and other members of...

Malden.: 110  Other fugitives at Fort Malden had been assisted by William Wells Brown, himself someone who had escaped slavery. He found employment on...

in 1800, in Clarksville, Tennessee, Brown read law c. 1830, in the offices of his brother, William Little Brown, who served as Solicitor General of Tennessee...

William Wells Brown or W. W. Brown (died October 3, 1871) was an American merchant and pioneer settler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a member of the...

Classical Literary Criticism Clotel, or The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works Cold Comfort Farm by Stella...

different fathers. One of his siblings was abolitionist and novelist, William Wells Brown. Brown escaped enslavement in 1833 and is considered the first African...

been widely read in the nineteenth century, such as the works of William Wells Brown. These editions, released in print and later digitized, facilitated...

was a key leader of this society, who often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown, also a freedman, also often spoke at meetings. By 1838, the society...

William Thomas Wells, better known as Bombardier Billy Wells (31 August 1889 – 12 June 1967), was an English heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name...

States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Brown, who escaped from slavery...

Crompton. The books chronicle the adventures of the unruly schoolboy William Brown. The books were published over a period of almost fifty years, between...