{"product_id":"three-years-in-europe-or-places-i-have-seen-and-people-i-have-met-paperback-9781108075626","title":"Three Years in Europe; Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108075626","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThree Years in Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1852 book describes the European travels and impressions of ex-slave and abolitionist William Wells Brown (1814?–84).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Wells Brown (Author), William Farmer (Assisted by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108075626, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWilliam Wells Brown (1814?–84) was uncertain of his own birthday because he was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. He managed to escape to Ohio, a free state, in 1834. Obtaining work on steamboats, he assisted many other slaves to escape across Lake Erie to Canada. In 1849, having achieved prominence in the American anti-slavery movement, he left for Europe, both to lecture against slavery and also to gain an education for his daughters. He stayed in Europe until 1854, since the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had made it possible that he could be taken back into slavery if he returned. Meanwhile, he had begun to write both fiction and non-fiction, and this account of his travels in Europe, prefaced by a short biography, was published in 1852. Brown was able to return to the United States in 1854, when British friends paid for his freedom.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMemoir of William Wells Brown\u003cbr\u003e Author's preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Departure from Boston\u003cbr\u003e 2. Trip to Ireland\u003cbr\u003e 3. Departure from Ireland\u003cbr\u003e 4. Versailles\u003cbr\u003e 5. M. de Tocqueville's grand soirée\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Tuileries\u003cbr\u003e 7. The chateau at Versailles\u003cbr\u003e 8. Departure from Paris\u003cbr\u003e 9. The British Museum\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Whittington Club\u003cbr\u003e 11. York Minster\u003cbr\u003e 12. Kirkstall abbey\u003cbr\u003e 13. Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e 14. Stirling\u003cbr\u003e 15. Melrose abbey\u003cbr\u003e 16. Miss Martineau\u003cbr\u003e 17. A day in the Crystal Palace\u003cbr\u003e 18. The London Peace Congress\u003cbr\u003e 19. Oxford\u003cbr\u003e 20. Fugitive slaves in England\u003cbr\u003e 21. A chapter on American slavery\u003cbr\u003e 22. A narrative of American slavery\u003cbr\u003e 23. Aberdeen.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266191741208,"sku":"9781108075626","price":30.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108075626i.jpg?v=1696751561","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/three-years-in-europe-or-places-i-have-seen-and-people-i-have-met-paperback-9781108075626","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}