William Wells Brown

[David Morris]

I didn't know when the novel was written. But haven't the black heirs long
sought recognition by the established ones? But even after DNA they are not
embraced. A sorry and shameful closed heartedness prevails. I have long
admired Jefferson's aspirations for this country. Had he not been, we might
not have made it this far. And he did purchase the land I now inhabit at
the mouth of the Big River. Executive overreach?  Yes. But smart.

On Saturday, March 15, 2014, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net> wrote:

>  I mean it was a compelling premise for a novel that was written when it
> was written. In 2014, of course, we know what Brown and plenty of others
> had reason to suspect.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* David Morris <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>
> *To:* Tom Beshear <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tbeshear at att.net');>
> *Cc:* alice malice<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alicewmalice at gmail.com');>;
> pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pynchon-l at waste.org');>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:52 PM
> *Subject:* Re: William Wells Brown
>
> I think "compells" implies plausibility, where I think now DNA has proven
> it to be true.
>
> On Saturday, March 15, 2014, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tbeshear at att.net');>>
> wrote:
>
>> Clotel is a fascinating novel -- kind of a mess, doesn't hold together
>> the way we want novels to -- but its premise that Jefferson had children
>> with one of  his slaves compels, as do the scenes illustrating the
>> attitudes of various Southerners.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "alice malice" <alicewmalice at gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alicewmalice at gmail.com');>
>> >
>> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 4:56 PM
>> Subject: William Wells Brown
>>
>>
>> Why Brown? Because he pioneered virtually every genre of African
>>> American writing. Want to know black culture in his revolutionary time
>>> and as it has come down to us today? Read William Wells Brown. Because
>>> he was the most rivetingly inventive, entertaining black writer of his
>>> era. And because he was, as a mid-twentieth-century critic noted, a
>>> person unable to be uninteresting.
>>>
>>> http://blog.loa.org/
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