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Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
by Brown, William Wells
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0312152655
- ISBN 13
- 9780312152659
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About This Item
Bedford Books, 2000. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Synopsis
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown, a fugitive from slavery and an abolitionist spokesman. It was published in London, England in December 1853. It is often considered the first African-American novel. This novel focuses on the difficult lives of mulattoes in America and the "degraded and immoral condition of the relation of master and slave in the USA" (Brown). It is about the tragic lives of Currer, Althesea, and Clotel.
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- Title
- Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
- Author
- Brown, William Wells
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312152655
- ISBN 13
- 9780312152659
- Publisher
- Bedford Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston And New York
- Date Published
- 2000
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