The Anti-slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-slavery Meetings

William Wells Brown (1814 – November 6, 1884) was a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian in the United States. Born into slavery in Lexington, Kentucky, Brown escaped to freedom in January 1834 and went on to educate himself, eventually becoming a prolific writer and lecturer. He is widely regarded as the first African-American novelist and playwrig...