William Wells Brown was the first black novelist. He was also a Negro reformer and historian. According to who you talk to, his birth varies from 1814,1815, and 1816. Brown was born in Lexington Kentucky. His mother was a slave and his father is said to be one George Higgins, a white slaveholder. As a youth, Brown worked on steamships, but was later employed in a print-shop owned by Elijah P. Lovejoy, then editor of the St …showed first 75 words of 966 total…

…showed last 75 words of 966 total…controversial feedback for not knowing all the facts, not knowing any personal relatives of Jefferson, and the chronological inconsistencies in his story. The anachronisms in Brown's Clotel, or the President's Daughter, detracted nothing from his portrayal of American slavery as he had come to know it. Presumably, therefore, they were from his point of view and from how he felt about things. Yes, William Wells Brown is much more than just the first black novelist.