Clotel
by Brown, William Wells
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown, a fugitive from slavery and an abolitionist spokesman. It was published in London, England in December 1853. It is often considered the first African-American novel. This novel focuses on the difficult lives of mulattoes in America and the "degraded and immoral condition of the relation of master and slave in the USA" (Brown). It is about the tragic lives of Currer, Althesea, and Clotel.
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Clotel; or the president's daughter, a narrative of slave life in the United States
by Brown, William Wells
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Clotel: or, The President's Daughter (Penguin Classics)
by William Wells Brown
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Clotel (Broadview Editions)
by William Wells Brown
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Clotel : Or, The President's Daughter
by William Wells Brown
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Random House Publishing Group, 2001. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Clotel: Or the President's Daughter
by Brown, William Wells
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- 1969
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Clotel : Or, the President's Daughter: a Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
by William Wells Wells Brown
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Clotel : Or, the President's Daughter - A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
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Clotel : Or, the President's Daughter
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Clotel - Or, the President's Daughter : A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
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Clotel : Or, the President's Daughter: a Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
by William Wells Wells Brown
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Clotel [Clotelle] or, The President's Daughter: a narrative of slave life in the United States
by Brown, William Wells
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- 1969
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New York: University Books/ Carol, 1969. 3rd Edition thus . Soft cover. Very Good+. 9700 shelf. ISBN: 0-8216-0180-6. Trade paperback, pictorial black & brown covers. A few small inked marks through pg 34, else clean. First pub. 1853. Intro by W.E. Farrison. With b/w illus, James Victore cover. 254 pgs
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Clotel : Or, The President's Daughter
by William Wells Brown
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Clotel: or, The President's Daughter (Penguin Classics)
by Brown, William Wells
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Clotel; or the President's Daughter
by Brown, William Wells
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Clotel: Or, The President's Daughter
by William Wells Brown
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