Three Years in Europe: Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

William Wells Brown, William Farmer

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Cambridge University Press
25 September 2014

European history; Historical geography; Slavery & abolition of slavery; Classic travel writing

William Wells Brown (1814?

-84) was uncertain of his own birthday because he was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. He managed to escape to Ohio, a free state, in 1834. Obtaining work on steamboats, he assisted many other slaves to escape across Lake Erie to Canada. In 1849, having achieved prominence in the American anti-slavery movement, he left for Europe, both to lecture against slavery and also to gain an education for his daughters. He stayed in Europe until 1854, since the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had made it possible that he could be taken back into slavery if he returned. Meanwhile, he had begun to write both fiction and non-fiction, and this account of his travels in Europe, prefaced by a short biography, was published in 1852. Brown was able to return to the United States in 1854, when British friends paid for his freedom.

By: William Wells Brown
Assisted by: William Farmer
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9781108075626
ISBN 10: 1108075622
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 25 September 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Memoir of William Wells Brown; Author's preface; 1. Departure from Boston; 2. Trip to Ireland; 3. Departure from Ireland; 4. Versailles; 5. M. de Tocqueville's grand soiree; 6. The Tuileries; 7. The chateau at Versailles; 8. Departure from Paris; 9. The British Museum; 10. The Whittington Club; 11. York Minster; 12. Kirkstall abbey; 13. Edinburgh; 14. Stirling; 15. Melrose abbey; 16. Miss Martineau; 17. A day in the Crystal Palace; 18. The London Peace Congress; 19. Oxford; 20. Fugitive slaves in England; 21. A chapter on American slavery; 22. A narrative of American slavery; 23. Aberdeen.

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Three Years in Europe: Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

William Wells Brown, William Farmer

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