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William Wells Brown

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Also known as William Brown

American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian (1814–1884)

Person · Open Library

Born
1814 or 1815
Died
November 6, 1884
Works
183

Top works

  • Breeding for Profit
  • Three classic African-American novels
  • The escape; or, A leap for freedom
  • The Classic Slave Narratives
  • Slave Narrative Six Pack 4

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25
blueschristmas musicdiscofilm soundtrackfunkrhythm & blues

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
20
Total plays
524

William Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 – November 6, 1884) was a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery in the Southern United States, Brown escaped to the North in 1834, where he worked for abolitionist causes and was a prolific writer. Brown was a pioneer in several different literary genres, including travel writing, fiction, and drama. His novel Clotel is considered the first novel by an African American and was published in Lo

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 63,006x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,855x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,582x

  4. PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses

    · 2007 · cited 31,425x

  5. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,951x

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Quotes

  • “When will the Americans learn, that if they would encourage liberty in other countries, they must practice it at home?”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Family name
Brown
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Lexington
Place of death
Chelsea
Child
Josephine Brown
Languages spoken
English language
Image
William Wells Brown.jpg
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social classification
slave
Commons category
William Wells Brown
date of death
1884-11-06
date of birth
1814-11-06
ethnic group
African Americans
Commons Creator page
William Wells Brown
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to William Wells Brown, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Narrative of William W. Brown, an American slave : Written by himself. [William Wells Brown]

Narrative of William W. Brown, an American slave : Written by himself. [William Wells Brown]

Available in 14 languages

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