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An edition of Clotel (1853)

Clotel.

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William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel 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 the 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.

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Arno Press
Language
English
Pages
245

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African American families African American women Children of presidents Fiction Illegitimate children Racially mixed people Relations with women Women slaves Illegitimate children in fiction Southern States in fiction Women slaves in fiction Jefferson, Thomas, in fiction African American families in fiction African American women in fiction Slavery in fiction Slavery Children of presidents in fiction Racially mixed people in fiction Fiction, historical Slaves, fiction Presidents, united states, fiction Fiction, historical, general African americans, fiction Presidents, fiction Fiction, general Afro-American women Familles noires américaines Romans, nouvelles Enfants de présidents Noires américaines Enfants naturels Femmes esclaves Enslaved persons, fiction Classic Literature Slaves, united states Fiction, family life Fiction, african american, general Relations with womenjefferson, thomas , 1743-1826 Brown, william wells , 1814?-1884 Hemings, sally Children of presidents--fiction African american families--fiction Racially mixed people--fiction African american women--fiction Women slaves--fiction Slavery--virginia--fiction Ps1139.b9 c53 2011 813.4 Ht 3903 Ms 3450

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) William Wells Brown (1815-1884) William Wells Brown (1814?-1884)

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Southern States United States

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Clotel, or, The president's daughter: a narrative of slave life in the United States
2000, Bedford/St. Martin's
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Clotel.
1969, Arno Press
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. viii-xi (1st group)
Reprint of the 1853 ed.

Published in
New York
Series
The American Negro, his history and literature, Afro-American culture series.
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.4
Library of Congress
PZ3.B8199 Cl7, PS1139.B9 Cl7, PZ3.B8199 C17, PS1139.B9 C17

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Pagination
xi, viii, 245 p.
Number of pages
245

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL5215754M
LCCN
75075852
OCLC/WorldCat
8254
LibraryThing
182955

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL515599W

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