(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) BROWN WILLIAM WELLS The Negro in the A

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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

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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 published by Brown and his wife.