SLAVE NARRATIVES
William Wells Brown's Narrative of a Fugitive Slave

William Wells Brown was a prominent author, lecturer and historian of the mid-nineteenth century.  Born into slavery and eventually gaining his freedom, he used his experiences from his time in bondage to establish a career in writing and lecturing.  The increased popularity of slave narratives during the nineteenth century stemmed from the fact that readers could study first-hand accounts of the horrors of slavery and, in turn, created a powerful tool for abolitionists. 

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