Ebook {Epub PDF} Clotel: or The Presidents Daughter by William Wells Brown

On November 6, , William Wells Brown died in Chelsea, Massachusetts. First published in London, Clotel; or, The President's Daughter () subsequently underwent three title changes and substantial revisions for later editions, all released during the s. Interestingly, Brown opens the novel with a shortened version of his narrative entitled, "Narrative of the Life and Escape of William Wells . Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter, published in by former slave William Wells Brown, is considered the first African-American novel. Drawing on what were, in the 19th century, rumors that Thomas Jefferson had children with his slave Sally Hemings, the novel follows the slave Clotel and her family as they are sold to different masters. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of 'Three Years in Europe.' With a Sketch of the Author's Life By William Wells Brown,

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States is an novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas bltadwin.ru, who escaped from slavery in at the age of 20, published the book in bltadwin.ru was staying after a lecture tour to evade possible recapture due to. Overview. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter, published in by former slave William Wells Brown, is considered the first African-American bltadwin.rug on what were, in the 19th century, rumors that Thomas Jefferson had children with his slave Sally Hemings, the novel follows the slave Clotel and her family as they are sold to different masters. Originally published in , Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Brown, a contemporary of Frederick Douglass, was well known for his abolitionist activities. In Clotel, the author focuses on the experiences of a slave woman#58; Brown treats the themes of gender, race.

On November 6, , William Wells Brown died in Chelsea, Massachusetts. First published in London, Clotel; or, The President's Daughter () subsequently underwent three title changes and substantial revisions for later editions, all released during the s. Interestingly, Brown opens the novel with a shortened version of his narrative entitled, "Narrative of the Life and Escape of William Wells Brown"; however, he presents this account using third-person narration. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States is an novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Brown, who escaped from slavery in at the age of 20, published the book in London. Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter, published in by former slave William Wells Brown, is considered the first African-American novel. Drawing on what were, in the 19th century, rumors that Thomas Jefferson had children with his slave Sally Hemings, the novel follows the slave Clotel and her family as they are sold to different masters.