My Southern Home: Or, the South and Its People
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The culmination of William Wells Brown's long writing career, "My Southern Home" is the story of Brown's search for a home in a land of slavery and racism. Brown (1814-84), a prolific and celebrated abolitionist and writer often recognized as the first African American novelist for his "Clotel" (1853), was born enslaved in Kentucky and escaped to Ohio in 1834.In this comprehensive edition, John Ernest acts as a surefooted guide to this seminal work, beginning with a substantial introduction placing Brown's life and work in cultural and historical context. Brown addresses from a post-emancipati...
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- My Southern Home: OR, THE SOUTH AND ITS PEOPLE. BY WM. WELLS BROWN, M.D. AUTHOR OF “SKETCHES OF PLACES AND PEOPLE ABROAD,” “CLOTELLE,” “THE BLACK MAN,” “THE NEGRO IN THE REBELLION,” “THE RISING SON,” ETC. — “Go, little book, from this thy solitude! I cast thee on the waters—go thy ways! And if, as I believe, thy vein be good, The world will find thee after many days.”—Southey. — BOSTON: A. G. BROWN & CO., PUBLISHERS, 28 East Canton Street. 1880.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- My Southern Home.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- The Negro in the American Rebellion His Heroism and His Fidelity. By Wm. Wells Brown, M.D.
- THE RISING SON: OR, The Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race. By Wm. Wells Brown, M.D.
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