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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) BROWN,
WILLIAM WELLS.
The Negro in the American
Rebellion.
380 pages plus one leaf of ads for
Brown’s other books.
Boston: A.G. Brown & Co., 1880
[500/750]
Another first African-American accomplishment, being the
first attempt at a history of the military experience of the
African-American. Brown (1814-1884) wrote the first
play (“the Escape” 1858) by an African-American, as well
as the first travel book (“Three Years in Europe,” 1852)
and first novel (“Clotel,” 1853). This volume was pub-
lished by Brown and his wife.