Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown

Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter

William Wells Brown

154 pages paperback 1853

32 editions

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First published in December 1853, Clotel was 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, C...

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