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The Escape: Or, a Leap for Freedom - Couverture souple

Brown, William Wells

 
9781602066458: The Escape: Or, a Leap for Freedom
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1602066450 ISBN 13 : 9781602066458
Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2007

Synopsis

The first play published by an African-American, this comic 1858 melodrama about two slaves who secretly marry explores the racial tensions between North and South in the years just before the Civil War. With its mix of action, comedy, social commentary and an authenticity only a former slave could recreate, The Escape is essential reading for students of black history and literature. It is also a remarkable glimpse at characters and situations rarely seen from the contemporary black perspective. Born into slavery, American author WILLIAM WELLS BROWN (1814-1884) escaped to the North where he became a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. His novel, Clotel: or, The President's Daughter, is considered by historians to be the first novel written by an African American. His other works include The Negro in the American Rebellion and The Black Man.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

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Éditeur
Cosimo Classics
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1602066450
ISBN 13 
9781602066458
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
54
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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