William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown was a French and American writer, historian, novelist, playwright and abolitionist (1814–1884). He was born at Lexington and died at Chelsea.

Also recorded as William Brown.

Overview

Born at Lexington in 1814, died at Chelsea in 1884.

Catalogued works

53 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1719 to 2003.

Clotel. Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States. Three Years in Europe. The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom. Clotel: or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in t... Breeding for Profit. Three classic African-American novels. The Classic Slave Narratives. Slave Narrative Six Pack 4. Exciting, True, and Adventurous Slave Narratives of Three Fugitive Slaves. Three Fugitive Slave Narratives. The anti-slavery harp. Clotelle - a Tale of the Southern States. Clotelle - the President's Daughter. President's Daughter. Narrative of William Wells Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Illustrated Edition of the Life and Escape of Wm Wells Brown from American Slavery, Written by Himself. Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself. by. Clotelle. Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine; a Tale of the Southern States. by : William Wells Brown. Clotelle; or the Colored Heroine. Narrative of William W. Brown. Social History of the American Negro Hardcover. Illustrated Edition of the Life and Escape of Wm. Wells Brown from American Slavery Written by Himself. Negro in the American rebellion; his heroism and his Fidelity ... Illustrated Edition of the Life and Escape of William Wells Brown from American Slavery. Narrative of William W. Brown A Fugitive Slave Written by Himself. Narrative of William W Brown, a Fugitive Slave. My Southern Home. Narrative of William W Brown. Black Man. My Southern home, or, The south and its people. Clotel - Or, the President's Daughter. Escape : A Leap for Freedom. Clotelle a Tale of the Southern Slave States. St. Domingo :. Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine; a Tale of the Southern States. by. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met. Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Black Man, His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter. Cameo Ring, dated 1800–25, onyx and gold, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 83.2.119. Tetuan, Morocco, dated 1923, watercolor and gouache on ivory wove paper, laid down on gray board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1923.337. Dark Star, dated 2003, oil on panel, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2004.13. Cirrocumulus and Nimbus, dated 1978, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1982.392. Leaning Tower of Touhy, dated 1980, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1982.393. Pilgrims, dated 1925, lithograph on ivory japanese paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1930.297. Love's the Lightest, dated n.d., lithograph on off-white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2013.775. Mental alchemy : a treatise on the mind, nervous system, psychology, magnetism, mesmerism, and diseases : in twelve chapters / by B. Brown Williams., dated 1852, held by Wellcome Collection. Mental alchemy : a treatise on the mind, nervous system, psychology, magnetism, mesmerism, and diseases in twelve chapters / by B. Brown Williams., dated 1853, held by Wellcome Collection. A ballance for merchants and mariners: containing an undoubted account of the principal causes of the great decay of trade; with proper directions to set our trade again on a right foot. By a sincere well-wisher to the trade and prosperity of the nation, dated 1719, held by Wellcome Collection. Human nature in its fourfold state of Primitive Integrity, Entire Depravation, Begun Recovery, and Consummate Happiness or Misery, Subsisting in The Parents of Mankind in Paradise. The Unregenerate. The Regenerate. All Mankind in the Future State. in several practical discourses. By the late Reverend Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Ettrick., dated 1797, held by Wellcome Collection. A narrative of events conected with the introduction of sulphuric ether into surgical use / by Richard Manning Hodges., dated 1891, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 150 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 100 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Brown, William Wells, African American Studies Center, 2007. Brown, William Wells, African American Studies Center, 2006. Brown, William Wells, African American Studies Center, 2005. Brown, William Wells, African American Studies Center, 2001. Brown, William Wells, African American Studies Center, 2013. The History of Miss Jane Pittman, Transatlantica, 2006. A Transnational Temperance Discourse? William Wells Brown, Creole Civilization, and Temperate Manners, Journal of Transnational American Studies, 2011. Récits d’esclaves états-uniens et représentations féminines (1825-1861) : tradition ou subversion ?, Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

20 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

the anti-slavery crusade in america (1969) — Internet Archive. Clotelle: Or the Colored Heroine (1987) — Internet Archive. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter (2000) — Internet Archive. My Southern Home or, The South and Its People (2011) — Internet Archive. Clotel, or, The President's Daughter (2011) — Internet Archive. The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity (1867) — Internet Archive. The President's Daughter (Black Classics) (1997) — Internet Archive. Narrative of William W. Brown, an American slave, written by himself (1850) — Internet Archive. The Negro in the American Rebellion (1968) — Internet Archive. Autographs for Freedom. [2d Series] Ed. by Julia Griffiths (1854) — Internet Archive. The narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave. And a lecture delivered before the Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem, 1847 (1969) — Internet Archive. Sketches of Places and People Abroad (1855) — Internet Archive. Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's Daughter — Project Gutenberg. The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements — Project Gutenberg. Three Years in Europe: Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met — Project Gutenberg. Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave — Project Gutenberg. The Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race — Project Gutenberg. The Escape; Or, A Leap For Freedom: A Drama, in Five Acts — Project Gutenberg. Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Second Edition — Project Gutenberg. Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with The St. Louis Times.

Chronology

  1. 1814William Wells Brown born at Lexington.
  2. 1867The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1884William Wells Brown died at Chelsea.
  4. 1969the anti-slavery crusade in america digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1987Clotelle: Or the Colored Heroine digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2000Clotel; or, The President's Daughter digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2011My Southern Home or, The South and Its People digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2011Clotel, or, The President's Daughter digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “William Wells Brown”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q961244: William Wells Brown

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