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The Rising Son, or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race

By William Wells Brown
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Excerpt: "Thirty years ago, a young colored man came to my father's house at Aurora, Erie County, New York, to deliver a lecture on the subject of American Slavery, and the following morning I sat upon his knee while he told me the story of his life and escape from the South. Although a boy of eight years, I still remember the main features of the narrative, and the impression it made upon my mind, and the talk the lecture of the previous night created in our little quiet town. That man was William Wells Brown, now so widely-known, both at home and abroad. It is therefore with no little hesitancy that I consent to pen this sketch of one whose name has for many years been a household word in our land."
RebellionIdentityHeroPolitical IntrigueWar & BattleRedemptionSurvival

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GenreHistory
Length15 hrs 38 mins
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Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PREFACE.
2WELCOME TO “THE RISING SON.”
3MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.
4CHAPTER I. THE ETHIOPIANS AND EGYPTIANS.
5CHAPTER II. THE CARTHAGINIANS.
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6CHAPTER III. EASTERN AFRICA.
7CHAPTER IV. CAUSES OF COLOR.
8CHAPTER V. CAUSES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN FEATURES.
9CHAPTER VI. CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
10CHAPTER VII. THE ABYSSINIANS.
11CHAPTER VIII. WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
12CHAPTER IX. THE SLAVE-TRADE.
13CHAPTER X. THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
14CHAPTER XI. PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION.
15CHAPTER XII. HAYTI.
16CHAPTER XIII. SUCCESS OF TOUSSAINT.
17CHAPTER XIV. CAPTURE OF TOUSSAINT.
18CHAPTER XV. TOUSSAINT A PRISONER IN FRANCE.
19CHAPTER XVI. DESSALINES AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI.
20CHAPTER XVII. WAR BETWEEN THE BLACKS AND MULATTOES OF HAYTI.
21CHAPTER XVIII. CHRISTOPHE AS KING, AND PÉTION AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
22CHAPTER XIX. PEACE IN HAYTI, AND DEATH OF PÉTION.
23CHAPTER XX. BOYER THE SUCCESSOR OF PÉTION IN HAYTI.
24CHAPTER XXI. INSURRECTION, AND DEATH OF CHRISTOPHE.
25CHAPTER XXII. UNION OF HAYTI AND SANTO DOMINGO.
26CHAPTER XXIII. SOULOUQUE AS EMPEROR OF HAYTI.
27CHAPTER XXIV. GEFFRARD AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
28CHAPTER XXV. SALNAVE AS PRESIDENT OF HAYTI.
29CHAPTER XXVI. JAMAICA.
30CHAPTER XXVII. SOUTH AMERICA.
31CHAPTER XXVIII. CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
32CHAPTER XXIX. SANTO DOMINGO.
33CHAPTER XXX. INTRODUCTION OF BLACKS INTO THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
34CHAPTER XXXI. SLAVES IN THE NORTHERN COLONIES.
35CHAPTER XXXII. COLORED INSURRECTIONS IN THE COLONIES.
36CHAPTER XXXIII. BLACK MEN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
37CHAPTER XXXIV. BLACKS IN THE WAR OF 1812.
38CHAPTER XXXV. THE CURSE OF SLAVERY.
39CHAPTER XXXVI. DISCONTENT AND INSURRECTION.
40CHAPTER XXXVII. GROWING OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY.
41CHAPTER XXXVIII. MOB LAW TRIUMPHANT.
42CHAPTER XXXIX. HEROISM AT SEA.
43CHAPTER XL. THE IRON AGE.
44CHAPTER XLI. RELIGIOUS STRUGGLES.
45CHAPTER XLII. JOHN BROWN’S RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY.
46CHAPTER XLIII. LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF THE BLACKS.
47CHAPTER XLIV. THE CAPITAL FREE.—PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.
48CHAPTER XLV. BLACKS ENLISTED, AND IN BATTLE.
49CHAPTER XLVI. NEGRO HATRED AT THE NORTH.
50CHAPTER XLVII. CASTE AND PROGRESS.

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