The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements is a book published in 1863 by William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown was a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery in the Southern United States, Brown escaped to the North in 1834, where he worked for abolitionist causes and was a prolific writer...

which sketches the lives of individuals Brown determined had by their "own genius, capacity, and intellectual development, surmounted the many obstacles which slavery and prejudice have thrown in their way, and raised themselves to positions of honor and influence."

External links

• The Black Man, His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements Electronic Edition