Clotel or The President's DaughterCourier Corporation, 9 mar 2012 - 160 The first novel by an African-American, this dramatic tale revolves around the fate of a child fathered by Thomas Jefferson with one of his slaves. Although born into slavery, author William Wells Brown escaped bondage to become a prominent reformer and historian. His emotionally powerful depiction of slavery and racial conflict in the antebellum South resounds with the immediacy and honesty of his own experiences. Brown weaves a variety of contemporary sources — sermons, lectures, political pamphlets, and newspaper advertisements — into this innovative work, which appears here in an unabridged republication of the 1853 first edition. |
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... his thirty-fifth birthday, Lovejoy was shot to death while trying to save yet another press from destruction—the “first American martyr,” John Quincy Adams wrote, “to the freedom of the press and the freedom of the slave.” iii.
... his thirty-fifth birthday, Lovejoy was shot to death while trying to save yet another press from destruction—the “first American martyr,” John Quincy Adams wrote, “to the freedom of the press and the freedom of the slave.” iii.
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... Death of the Parson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Retaliation ... Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 A Ride in a Stage-Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Truth Stranger Than Fiction ...
... Death of the Parson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Retaliation ... Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 A Ride in a Stage-Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Truth Stranger Than Fiction ...
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... death. The slave, to remain a slave, must be sensible that there is no appeal from his master.” Where the slave is placed by law entirely under the control of the man who claims him, body and soul, as property, what else could be ...
... death. The slave, to remain a slave, must be sensible that there is no appeal from his master.” Where the slave is placed by law entirely under the control of the man who claims him, body and soul, as property, what else could be ...
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... death; and they believe that, in the sight of God, it would be so viewed. To forbid second marriages in such cases would be to expose the parties, not only to stronger hardships and strong temptation, but to church-censure for acting in ...
... death; and they believe that, in the sight of God, it would be so viewed. To forbid second marriages in such cases would be to expose the parties, not only to stronger hardships and strong temptation, but to church-censure for acting in ...
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... death, for the first two days after her mother had been torn from her side by the hand of the ruthless trafficker in human flesh. On the arrival of the boat at Baton Rouge, an additional number of passengers were taken on board; and ...
... death, for the first two days after her mother had been torn from her side by the hand of the ruthless trafficker in human flesh. On the arrival of the boat at Baton Rouge, an additional number of passengers were taken on board; and ...
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