Clotel or The President's Daughter
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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9781306361255, 9780486149349, 1306361257, 048614934X
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Print version:
Title Page; Bibliographical Note; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I
The Negro Sale; CHAPTER II
Going to the South; CHAPTER III
The Negro Chase; CHAPTER IV
The Quadroon's Home; CHAPTER V
The Slave Market; CHAPTER VI
The Religious Teacher; CHAPTER VII
The Poor Whites, South; CHAPTER VIII
The Separation; CHAPTER IX
The Man of Honour; CHAPTER X
The Young Christian; CHAPTER XI
The Parson Poet; CHAPTER XII
A Night in the Parson's Kitchen; CHAPTER XIII
A Slave Hunting Parson; CHAPTER XIV
A Free Woman Reduced to Slavery. CHAPTER XV
To-day a Mistress, To-morrow a SlaveCHAPTER XVI
Death of the Parson; CHAPTER XVII
Retaliation; CHAPTER XVIII
The Liberator; CHAPTER XIX
Escape of Clotel; CHAPTER XX
A True Democrat; CHAPTER XXI
The Christian's Death; CHAPTER XXII
A Ride in a Stage-Coach; CHAPTER XXIII
Truth Stranger Than Fiction; CHAPTER XXIV
The Arrest; CHAPTER XXV
Death Is Freedom; CHAPTER XXVI
The Escape; CHAPTER XXVII
The Mystery; CHAPTER XXVIII
The Happy Meeting; CHAPTER XXIX
Conclusion