William Wells Brown: How I Got My Name, a Kentucky Chautauqua Event

William Wells Brown: How I Got My Name, a Kentucky Chautauqua Event.  William Wells Brown was the first published African American novelist and playwright.  Born to an enslaved mother in the Lexington or Mt. Sterling area, Brown experienced the dissolution of his family and witnessed the dissolution of other in the institution of slavery.  After many failed attempts at freedom, for which he was jailed and beaten, Brown finally made his escape in 1834.  Brown went on to become a public advocate for the abolitionist and temperance movements as well as write his memoirs, a novel, and a play, that all had influence on the abolitionist movement.  

This event is presented by a partnership of Leadership Scott County and the Scott County Public Library and will be held off-site at the Ed Davis Center, Georgetown, Kentucky.  It is made possible through the Kentucky Humanities and its generous sponsors.