Clotel, or, The President's Daughter
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Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a powerful novel by William Wells Brown, a fugitive from slavery himself. The story follows the intertwined lives of Currer, Althesea, and Clotel, three women connected by their shared heritage as the daughters of President Thomas Jefferson and his enslaved mistress. The novel explores the devastating consequences of slavery on families and individuals, particularly the plight of mixed-race people known as 'mulattoes'. It paints a harrowing picture of the cruelty and inhumanity of the slave trade, while also exploring themes of love, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit.Book Details
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William Wells Brown was a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian in the United States. Born into slavery in Montgomery County, Kentucky, near the town of Mount Ster...
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