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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... owner and relative , in need of money , had decided to sell him despite the promise he had made to Higgins . At that point , William persuaded his mother to escape with him to Canada . The two were caught eleven days later in Illinois ...
... owner and relative , in need of money , had decided to sell him despite the promise he had made to Higgins . At that point , William persuaded his mother to escape with him to Canada . The two were caught eleven days later in Illinois ...
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... owner. Price took him along as a steward on one of his riverboats—first down to New Orleans, and then (despite Price's misgivings about carrying his slave right to the threshold of the free state of Ohio) up the Mississippi and the Ohio ...
... owner. Price took him along as a steward on one of his riverboats—first down to New Orleans, and then (despite Price's misgivings about carrying his slave right to the threshold of the free state of Ohio) up the Mississippi and the Ohio ...
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... owner, Enoch Price, having seen a copy, sent a letter the following year to offer him his freedom for $325, half of what he'd paid for him. But Brown, declaring that “God made me as free as he did Enoch Price,” refused to pay a cent ...
... owner, Enoch Price, having seen a copy, sent a letter the following year to offer him his freedom for $325, half of what he'd paid for him. But Brown, declaring that “God made me as free as he did Enoch Price,” refused to pay a cent ...
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... 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 sell him ...
... 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 sell him ...
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... owners, and for which they pay a high price. These are mulatto women, or quadroons, as they are familiarly known, and are distin- guished for their fascinating beauty. The handsomest usually pays the highest price for her time. Many of ...
... owners, and for which they pay a high price. These are mulatto women, or quadroons, as they are familiarly known, and are distin- guished for their fascinating beauty. The handsomest usually pays the highest price for her time. Many of ...
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