Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter by William Wells Brown

Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter

William Wells Brown

320 pages first pub 1853 (editions) user-added

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First 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 his mistress, here called Currer, and their two daughters, C...

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