Clotel by william wells brown5/21/2023 ![]() Chapter 4: The Quadroon's HomeĬlotel and Horatio's relationship builds and changes. ![]() Chapter 3: The Negro Chaseįear is overwhelming Currer after a runaway slave is hunted. Chapter 2: Going to the SouthĬurrer and Althesa head south with their new owner. Chapter 1: The Negro SaleĬlotel, her sister Althesa, and her mother Currer are sold at a slave auction. This is a narrative of William Wells Brown's life and how he came out of slavery. Brown had escaped from slavery in Kentucky while still in his youth, and became active on the anti–slavery circuit.īrown, W. ![]() The book follows the experiences of three generations of women during slavery.īrown used the injustices of slavery to demonstrate the destructive effects it had on the African American family, most significantly the so–called tragic mulatto. ![]() It is considered to be the first novel written by an African American. ![]() Brown was still considered someone else's legal property within the borders of the United States at the time of its publication. It gained notoriety amid the unconfirmed rumors regarding Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings. Clotel or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1815 – 1884), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published in London, England in December 1853. ![]()
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