Research Catalog

Title

Narrative of William W. Brown : an American slave / written by himself.

Author

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.

Publication

London : Charles Gilpin, Bishopgate-St. Without, 1849.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.
• Gilpin, Charles, 1815-1874
• Chase, Lorenzo G., 1823-
• Andrews, Robert, -1856 or 1857
• Webb and Chapman, printer.

Description

[2], ix, [2], 14-168 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
• Enslaved persons > Missouri > Biography
• Slavery > Missouri
• Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography
• Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 > Portraits
• Black author
• African Americans > Biography

Note

• Frontispiece portrait of Brown signed: "Engd. at 66 State St. from a dagtp. of Chase." "R. Andrews print."
• "Printed, chiefly from the American Stereotype Plates, by Webb and Chapman, Great Brunswick-street, Dublin."--verso of title page.
• "Fling out the anti-slavery flag. By W.W. Brown."--poem, p. [ii].
• "Opinions of the press"--p. 167-168.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-B (Brown, W. W. Narrative. 1849)

OCLC

• 6009774
• NYPGR6009774-B

Author

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.

Title

Narrative of William W. Brown : an American slave / written by himself.

Imprint

London : Charles Gilpin, Bishopgate-St. Without, 1849.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-B (accession no. B389728) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-B has impression statement on title page: "Eleventh thousand." NN

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-862 [pt. 3].

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884. Fling out the anti-slavery flag.

Gilpin, Charles, 1815-1874, publisher.

Webb and Chapman, printer.

Chase, Lorenzo G., 1823- photographer.

Andrews, Robert, -1856 or 1857, printer of plates.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-B (Brown, W. W. Narrative. 1849)