Clotel: The President's Daughter
Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter - William Wells Brown. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is an 1853 novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Brown, who escaped from slavery in 1834 at the age of 20, published the book in London. He was staying after a lecture tour to evade possible recapture due to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Set in the early nineteenth century, it is considered the first novel published by an African American and is set in the United States. Three additional versions were published through 1867.
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Clotel: The President's Daughter
Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter - William Wells Brown. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is an 1853 novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Brown, who escaped from slavery in 1834 at the age of 20, published the book in London. He was staying after a lecture tour to evade possible recapture due to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Set in the early nineteenth century, it is considered the first novel published by an African American and is set in the United States. Three additional versions were published through 1867.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781979881845 |
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| Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
| Publication date: | 11/19/2017 |
| Series: | Clotel - The President's Daughter |
| Pages: | 84 |
| Sales rank: | 313,556 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.17(d) |
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