TY - BOOK ID - 138739990 TI - My southern home AU - Brown, William Wells AU - Ernest, John PY - 2011 SN - 1469602644 080786935X 9780807869352 9781469602646 9780807835111 0807835110 9780807872086 0807872083 9798890840448 9798893130188 PB - Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press DB - UniCat KW - African Americans KW - Slavery KW - Brown, William Wells, KW - Southern States KW - Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138739990 AB - The culmination of William Wells Brown's long writing career, My Southern Home is the story of Brown's search for a home in a land of slavery and racism. Brown (1814-84), a prolific and celebrated abolitionist and writer often recognized as the first African American novelist for his Clotel (1853), was born enslaved in Kentucky and escaped to Ohio in 1834. In this comprehensive edition, John Ernest acts as a surefooted guide to this seminal work, beginning with a substantial introduction placing Brown's life and work in cultural and historical context. Brown addresses ER -