1st Edition
Clotel, or the President's Daughter
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1853, 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: Brown treats the themes of gender, race, and slavery in distinctive ways, highlighting the mutability of identity as well as the absurdities and... Read more
Chapter 1 The Negro Sale; Chapter 2 Going to the South; Chapter 3 The Negro Chase; Chapter 4 The Quadroon’s Home; Chapter 5 The Slave Market; Chapter 6 The Religious Teacher; Chapter 7 The Poor Whites, South; Chapter 8 The Separation; Chapter 9 The Man of Honour; Chapter 10 The Young Christian; Chapter 11 The Parson Poet; Chapter 12 A Night in the Parson’s Kitchen; Chapter 13 A Slave Hunting Parson; Chapter 14 A Free Woman Reduced to Slavery; Chapter 15 To-Day a Mistress, To-Morrow a Slave; Chapter 16 Death of the Parson; Chapter 17 Retaliation; Chapter 18 The Liberator; Chapter 19 Escape of Clotel; Chapter 20 A True Democrat; Chapter 21 The Christian’s Death; Chapter 22 A Ride in a Stage-Coach; Chapter 23 Truth Stranger than Fiction; Chapter 24 The Arrest; Chapter 25 Death is Freedom; Chapter 26 The Escape; Chapter 27 The Mystery; Chapter 28 The Happy Meeting; Chapter 29 Conclusion;
Biography
Brown, William Wells; Cashin, Joan E.
