The First African-American Novelist: William Wells Brown Born enslaved in 1815, William Wells Brown escaped, taught himself to read and write, and in 1853 published Clotel — the first novel by an African-American. He also wrote the first Black play and countless books exposing slavery’s horrors. #HiddenHistory, #BlackHistory, #WilliamWellsBrown, #AfricanAmericanHistory, #FirstsInHistory, #HistoryShorts William Wells Brown Clotel, first African American novelist, first Black playwright, African A

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