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MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.
BY ALONZO D. MOORE.
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.