When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.
-- William Wells Brown
   
William Wells Brown   Name:
William Wells Brown
Type:
Activist
Nationality:
American
Birth:
1814
Death:
1884
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