Clotel Or, the President's Daughter

Name: Clotel Or, the President's Daughter
Price: 4.08 USD
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ISBN: 9780142437728

ISBN-10: 0142437727

ISBN-13: 9780142437728

Edition: 2004

Authors: William Wells Brown, M. Giulia Fabi, William Wells Brown

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First published in December 1853, Clotelwas written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of his slaves. The story begins with the auction of his mistress, here called Currer, and their two daughters, Clotel and Althesa. The Virginian who buys Clotel falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriagethen sells her. Escaping from the slave dealer, Clotel returns to Virginia disguised as a white man in order to rescue her daughter, Mary, a slave in her fathers house. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, of the hypocrisies of a nation founded on democratic principles, Clotelis more than a sensationalist novel. It…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.08" wide x 8.86" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English