In his journal article, John Ernest mostly summarized the narrative of William Wells Brown. He does, though, make a comparison between Brown an da man who he encounters in London named Joseph Jenkins. Jenkins is a native African who is identified as a "good-looking man, neither black nor white". Ernest pointed out several similarities bewteen Brown and Jenkins. He says that Jenkins was Brown's "genius hero" and that Brown looked up to Jenkins in respect and in appreciation.
Ernest, John. "The Reconstruction of Whiteness: William Wells Brown's The Escape; or, A Leap For Freedom." (1998): 1108-1121. Web. 19 Nov 2009. http://www.jstor.org/.
Gilmore, Paul. "De Genewine Artekil": William Wells Brown, Blackface Minstrelsy, and Abolitionism." American Literature 69.4 (1997): 743-780. Web. 19 Nov 2009. http://www.jstor.org/.
Farrison, W. Edward. "William Wells Brown, Social Reformer." Journal of Negroe Education (1949): 29-39. Web. 19 Nov 2009. http://www.jstor.org/.
What was the purpose of John Ernest's comparison between Jenkins and Brown? Other than a "good-looking man, neither black nor white", what else do we know about Jenkins?
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