• Biography of an American Bondman, By His Daughter by Josephine Brown (1839 - 1874)

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Biography of an American Bondman, By His Daughter by Josephine Brown (1839 - 1874)

By: Mentor New York
  • Summary

  • Josephine Brown's Biography of an American Bondsman faithfully follows the trajectory of her father's life as previously explored in his own narratives. She distills and summarizes the major revelatory moments of his autobiography while she also incorporates new anecdotal information and offers her own perspective on Brown's life. Whereas her biography draws frequently from previously published autobiographical accounts, the narrative style and comic flourishes add interest and value to the text. Andrews observes that her biography's primary contribution to the "lore of William Wells Brown" may be the insight it offers into the rhetorical tactics used by both father and daughter in "their war of words against slavery."
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Episodes
  • Chapters 23 and 24
    15 mins
  • Chapters 21 and 22
    22 mins
  • Chapters 19 and 20
    14 mins

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