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Three Years In Europe

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Three Years in Europe is a travel account by William Wells Brown, an African-American abolitionist and run-away slave who settled in Boston after he escaped and in 1849 went to England and to the European continent, mainly France, to lecture about slavery and the importance of eradicating it.

In Three Years in Europe Brown tells about his experiences in England and Europe while he was on a trip lecturing in various cities and towns, encouraging support for the abolitionist movement. It recounts the reception Brown met during his journey and he also describes the historic monuments and buildings he visited. His travelogue starts with his departure from Boston and his arrival in Liverpool and continues with his journey to Ireland. From Dublin he goes on to London, then to Paris. He delivers speeches at the Peace Congress and he visits Versailles as well before he returns to England. Brown provides detailed descriptions of the places he saw and the people he met. He draws vivid pictures not only of monuments such as the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, the Garden of the Tuilleries or the residence and burial place of Lord Byron, but also of the people he encountered such as Dr. Lee or Dr. Pusey, his hosts.

Brown spent several years in Europe, returning to the United States only in 1854 after British supporters of his cause bought his freedom for him. His travel accounts brought him fame, but in his home country he was known first of all as a political activist. He continued his literary activity in the U.S. in parallel with his political activity and he published novels, plays, essays and memoirs, too. His first novel, Clotel or The President’s Daughter: a Narrative of Slave Life in the United Statesm is actually considered to be the very first novel ever written by an author of African-American origins.
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