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Clotel

by William Wells Brown
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William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel by an African-American. When the book was published, Brown himself was legally the property of someone else within the United States, having escaped from slavery in Kentucky when he was younger. In this story President Thomas Jefferson and his former mulatto mistress Currer have had two daughters together: Althesea and Clotel. When their master passes away, their relatively comfortable lives are swept away and Currer and Althesea are bought by the harsh slave trader Dick Walker.

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Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • ISBN: 9781620111727
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620111727
  • File size: 307 KB
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620111727
  • File size: 302 KB
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1180
Text Difficulty:8-10

William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel by an African-American. When the book was published, Brown himself was legally the property of someone else within the United States, having escaped from slavery in Kentucky when he was younger. In this story President Thomas Jefferson and his former mulatto mistress Currer have had two daughters together: Althesea and Clotel. When their master passes away, their relatively comfortable lives are swept away and Currer and Althesea are bought by the harsh slave trader Dick Walker.

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Classic Literature Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Duke Classics

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781620111727
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620111727
    File size: 307 KB
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620111727
    File size: 302 KB
    Release date: February 20, 2012

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 1180
    Text Difficulty: 8-10