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Three Years in Europe

Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

William Wells Brown author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Sep '14

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This 1852 book describes the European travels and impressions of ex-slave and abolitionist William Wells Brown (1814?–84).

William Wells Brown (1814?–84) was born a slave in Kentucky, but escaped to Ohio in 1834. In 1849, having achieved prominence in the anti-slavery movement, he left for Europe, to lecture against slavery, and this account of his travels in Europe, prefaced by a short biography, was published in 1852.William Wells Brown (1814?–84) was uncertain of his own birthday because he was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. He managed to escape to Ohio, a free state, in 1834. Obtaining work on steamboats, he assisted many other slaves to escape across Lake Erie to Canada. In 1849, having achieved prominence in the American anti-slavery movement, he left for Europe, both to lecture against slavery and also to gain an education for his daughters. He stayed in Europe until 1854, since the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had made it possible that he could be taken back into slavery if he returned. Meanwhile, he had begun to write both fiction and non-fiction, and this account of his travels in Europe, prefaced by a short biography, was published in 1852. Brown was able to return to the United States in 1854, when British friends paid for his freedom.

ISBN: 9781108075626

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm

Weight: 450g

350 pages