This standard work has passed through ten editions, and the agents are still selling it in large numbers. The following are some of the comments of the press:—
“In reading Dr. Brown’s earlier works, we formed a high opinion of his literary ability, but this, his last effort, surpasses all his former writings, and gives him a permanent position with the most profound historians. The foot-notes and references in The Rising Son give it a reliability that will secure for it a place in all our libraries. Every friend of the race will get the book, and no colored man will remain long without it. The blacks, everywhere, owe the author a lasting debt of gratitude.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
“This is a history of the blacks commencing with the Ethiopians coming down the Nile to Carthage, following Hannibal in his wonderful career, thence proceeding to Africa. The author takes up the condition of the various tribes, giving a history of the African slave trade, the introduction of the negroes into the West Indies, full account of the St. Domingo revolutions, as well as the outbreak in other colonies; the landing of the first slaves in Virginia, and the history of the rise, progress and fall of the slave power. Dr. Brown’s long experience in the advocacy of the rights of his people, his industry and literary ability, eminently qualify him for the arduous task, and it will be read with interest, astonishment, and delight.”—Boston Commonwealth.
“The Rising Son is the fruit of long research, careful study, and a reflective mind. It is well written, and Dr. Brown deserves hearty praise for the conception, the method, and the manner of his work.”—The Boston Congregationalist.
“Dr. Brown has given us, in this valuable volume, a collection of great value to those who would know more of the negro race than has been generally known. The book is printed on excellent paper, nicely bound, and its typographical execution is of the best.”—New National Era, Washington, D.C.
“We say at once,—Let every colored man in the country buy this Rising Son, and read its forty-nine chapters; and the fiftieth too, if he have the time. There is much in it that will repay the most complete perusal.”—The Christian Recorder, Philadelphia.
“No book yet published regarding the colored race is as complete, exhaustive, and valuable as this work. The author is one of the best-informed representative colored men in the country, and the book is as concise a history of the colored race from the earliest period to the present time as has ever appeared.”—Daily Chronicle, Washington, D.C.
“We commend it heartily as one of the most valuable books yet published for the up-lifting of the race. To the young men of America, this work will be invaluable, both as a history and an incentive to press forward. Its brief sketches of live men of the time, are all an invitation to them to ‘come up higher.’”—Our National Progress; Harrisburgh, Pa.
“The Rising Son proclaims Dr. Brown a man of versatile genius, and gives him undisputed rank on the catalogue of American authors, without regard to race or color.”—The National Monitor, Brooklyn, N.Y.