Clotel [electronic resource] : Or, the President's Daughter
Brown, William Wells
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William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel by an African-American. When the book was published, Brown himself was legally the property of someone else within the United States, having escaped from slavery in Kentucky when he was younger. In this story President Thomas Jefferson and his former mulatto mistress Currer have had two daughters together: Althesea and Clotel. When their master passes away, their relatively comfortable lives are swept away and Currer and Althesea are bought by the harsh slave trader Dick Walker.
Main title:
Clotel [electronic resource] : Or, the President's Daughter / William Wells Brown
Author:
Brown, William Wells, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Duke Classics, [date of publication not identified]
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 8-10
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781620111727
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1044127
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