CLOTELLE: OR, THE COLORED HEROINE: A TALE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
by Brown, William Wells
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85659
- Title
- CLOTELLE: OR, THE COLORED HEROINE: A TALE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
- Author
- Brown, William Wells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Mnemosyne Publishing Inc
- Place of Publication
- Miami, FL
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- slavery,
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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