Clotel

Or, the President's Daughter

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book Clotel by William Wells Brown, The Floating Press
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Author: William Wells Brown ISBN: 9781775411192
Publisher: The Floating Press Publication: May 1, 2009
Imprint: The Floating Press Language: English
Author: William Wells Brown
ISBN: 9781775411192
Publisher: The Floating Press
Publication: May 1, 2009
Imprint: The Floating Press
Language: English
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.
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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.

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