ILLUSTRATED EDITION
OF THE
LIFE AND ESCAPE
OF
WM. WELLS BROWN
FROM AMERICAN SLAVERY
By Wm. Wells Brown
Written By Himself.
Fourteenth Thousand.
London: C. Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without
1851
One Shilling
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH ENGLISH EDITION.
TESTIMONIALS.
TO THE FRIENDS OF FREEDOM AND EMANCIPATION IN EUROPE.
Boston, July 17, 1849.
In consequence of the departure for England of their esteemed friend and faithful co-labourer in the cause of the American slave, William W. Brown, the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society would commend him to the confidence, respect, esteem, and hospitality of the friends of emancipation wherever he may travel:—
1. Because he is a fugitive slave from the American, house of bondage, and on the soil which gave him birth can find no spot on which he can stand in safety from his pursuers; protected by law.
2. Because he is a man, and