num_pages: 160
description: The first novel by an African-American, this dramatic tale revolves around the fate of a child fathered by Thomas Jefferson with one of his slaves. Although born into slavery, author William Wells Brown escaped bondage to become a prominent reformer and historian. His emotionally powerful depiction of slavery and racial conflict in the antebellum South resounds with the immediacy and honesty of his own experiences. Brown weaves a variety of contemporary sources — sermons, lectures, political pamphlets, and newspaper advertisements — into this innovative work, which appears here in an unabridged republication of the 1853 first edition.
language: English
title: Clotel or The President's Daughter
titlecomplete: Clotel or The President's Daughter
genres: Classics, American, Historical, Race, African American, Read For School, School, Historical Fiction, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 2086
publisher: Dover Publications