Clotel
- ISBN
- 9781404345331
Clotel is a african american families, african american women book by William Wells Brown.
About this book
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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What genre is Clotel?+
Clotel is a African American families, African American women, Children of presidents, Illegitimate children book.
What is Clotel about?+
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 P...
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Clotel was written by William Wells Brown.