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| | Heath Anthology of American LiteratureWilliam Wells Brown - Author Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | At the same time, recognizing his need to catch up educationally, he was studying English grammar, mathematics, history, and literature. |
 | | In 1847, he launched what was to prove an extraordinarily prolific writing career by publishing the Narrative of his own escape from slavery, an autobiography that was to go through at least eight editions at home and abroad. |
 | | He followed this piece in 1848 with a compilation, The Antislavery Harp, of interest not only historically, but also for its inclusion of “Jefferson’s Daughter,” based upon the well-known rumor of the sale of Thomas Jefferson’s mulatto daughter at a New Orleans slave auction, the apparent inspiration for Brown’s subsequent novel. |
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