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NARRATIVE
OF
WILLIAM W. BROWN,

A

FUGITIVE SLAVE.

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WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
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SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED.

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE,
No. 21 Cornhill.
1848

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,
BY WILLIAM W.BROWN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

Stereotyped by
GEORGE A. CURTIS;
NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDERY.

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TO WELLS BROWN, OF OHIO.

Thirteen years ago, I came to your door, a weary fugitive from chainsand stripes. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was hungry, andyou fed me. Naked was I, and you clothed me. Even a name by which to beknown among men, slavery had denied me. You bestowed upon me your own.Base, indeed, should I be, if I ever forget what I owe to you, or doanything to disgrace that honored name!

As a slight testimony of my gratitude to my earliest benefactor, I takethe liberty to inscribe to you this little narrative of the sufferingsfrom which I was fleeing when you had compassion upon me. In themultitude that you have succored, it is very possible that you may notremember me; but until I forget God and myself, I can never forget you.

Your grateful friend, 
William Wells Brown.

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NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

The first edition, of three thousand copies, of this little workwas sold in less than six months from the time of its publication.Encouraged by the rapid sale of the first, and by a demand for asecond, edition, the author has been led to enlarge the work by theaddition of matter which, he thinks, will add materially to its value.

And if it shall be instrumental in helping to undo the heavy burdens,and letting the oppressed go free, he will have accomplished the greatdesire of his heart in publishing this work.

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