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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... hand of friendship to me”— that the slave theretofore known only as William reinvented himself as William Wells Brown. William made it to Cleveland, where he found work on a Lake Erie steamer—a job he held for nine years and made use of ...
... hand of friendship to me”— that the slave theretofore known only as William reinvented himself as William Wells Brown. William made it to Cleveland, where he found work on a Lake Erie steamer—a job he held for nine years and made use of ...
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... hands of their owners and possessors , and their executors , administrators and assigns , to all intents , constructions , and pur- poses whatsoever . A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs . The master may ...
... hands of their owners and possessors , and their executors , administrators and assigns , to all intents , constructions , and pur- poses whatsoever . A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs . The master may ...
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... o'clock, being the entire stock of the late John Graves, Esq. The negroes are in good condition, some of them very prime; among them are several mechanics , able - bodied field hands , 4 Clotel, or, The President's Daughter.
... o'clock, being the entire stock of the late John Graves, Esq. The negroes are in good condition, some of them very prime; among them are several mechanics , able - bodied field hands , 4 Clotel, or, The President's Daughter.
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William Wells Brown. are several mechanics , able - bodied field hands , plough - boys , and women with children at the breast , and some of them very pro- lific in their generating qualities , affording a rare opportunity to any one who ...
William Wells Brown. are several mechanics , able - bodied field hands , plough - boys , and women with children at the breast , and some of them very pro- lific in their generating qualities , affording a rare opportunity to any one who ...
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... hand a paper certifying that she has a good moral character.” “Seven hundred.” “Ah, gentlemen, that is something like. This paper also states that she is very intelligent.” “Eight hundred.” “She is a devoted Christian, and perfectly ...
... hand a paper certifying that she has a good moral character.” “Seven hundred.” “Ah, gentlemen, that is something like. This paper also states that she is very intelligent.” “Eight hundred.” “She is a devoted Christian, and perfectly ...
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