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Clotel Or The President's Daughter: A Narrative Of Slave Life In The United States (1853)

Clotel Or The President's Daughter: A Narrative Of Slave Life In The United States (1853)

Brown, William Wells

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Political Biographies20th Century United States HistoryFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1164748947
ISBN13: 9781164748946
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Clotel Or The President's Daughter is a novel written by William Wells Brown in 1853. It tells the story of Clotel, a mixed-race slave who is the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his slave mistress, Sally Hemings. The novel follows Clotel's life as she and her family are sold and separated multiple times, enduring the brutality and inhumanity of slavery in the United States.The narrative also explores the experiences of other enslaved individuals, including Clotel's sister, her mother, and her grandmother. The book sheds light on the horrors of slavery, including sexual abuse, forced labor, and the separation of families.Throughout the novel, Brown also critiques the hypocrisy of American society, which claims to value freedom and equality while simultaneously condoning and profiting from slavery. The book also highlights the complexity of race and identity in the United States, as Clotel struggles to navigate her mixed heritage and the societal structures that seek to oppress her.Overall, Clotel Or The President's Daughter is a powerful and important work of literature that offers a vivid and unflinching portrayal of the realities of slavery in the United States.With A Sketch Of The Author�������s Life.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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