Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0312152655
- ISBN-13
- 9780312152659
- Series
- Clotel
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 527
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-02-07
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Author
- William Wells Wells Brown
Description
William Wells Brown’s Clotel (1853), the first novel written by an African American, was published in London while Brown was still legally regarded as "property" within the borders of the United States. The novel was inspired by the story of Thomas Jefferson’s purported sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings. Brown fictionalizes the stories of Jefferson’s mistress, daughters, and granddaughters — all of whom are slaves — in order to demythologize the dominant U.S. cultural narrative celebrating Jefferson’s America as a nation of freedom and equality for all. The documents in this edition include excerpts from Brown’s sources for the novel — fiction, political essays, sermons, and presidential proclamations; selections that illuminate the range of contemporary attitudes concerning race, slavery, and prejudice; and pieces that advocate various methods of resistance and reform.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2020-03-06
- 118 pages
- Paperback
- Independently Published
Similar books
-
Clotel or The President's Daughter
By William Wells BrownThe first novel by an African-American, this dramatic tale tells the fate of a child fathered by Thomas Jefferson with one of his slaves. The author, a former slave, powerfully depicts racial injustice.
-
Clotel: Or the President's Daughter
By William W. BrownBrown, himself an escaped slave, tells the story of the slave Currer and her daughters, Clotel and Althesa, and of their attempts to escape from slavery.
-
Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
By Robert LevineThe story was inspired by the rumored sexual relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, and this edition of Clotel is the only one to reprint selections from the key texts and cultural documents that Brown drew on ...
-
Clotel
By William Wells BrownThis edition aims to make it possible to read Clotel in something like its original cultural context.
-
Clotel
By William Wells BrownFirst published in December 1853, "Clotel" was written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of his slaves. The story begins with the auction of...
-
Clotel; or, The President ́s Daughter
By William Wells BrownHis was a heart that felt for others, and he had again and again wiped the tears from his eyes as he heard the story of Clotel as related by herself. “If she can get free with a little money, why not give her what I have?
-
William Wells Brown: Clotel & Other Writings (LOA #247): Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave / Clotel; or,...
By William Wells BrownHis controversial novel Clotel; or, the President’s Daughter (1853), a fictionalized account of the lives and struggles of Thomas Jefferson’s black daughters and granddaughters, is the first novel written by an African American.
-
Three Great African-American Novels: The Heroic Slave, Clotel and Our Nig
By Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Harriet E. WilsonThree powerful African-American classics of strength and determination include The Heroic Slave, Frederick Douglass's piercing tale of a slave ship rebellion, plus Clotel by William Wells Brown, and Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson.
-
Clotel; Or, the President's Daughter: Large Print
By William Wells BrownThe aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades.
-
Clotel Or the President's Daughter: Special Edition
By William Wells BrownThe aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades.