5/22/2023 0 Comments Clotel by william wells brown![]() ![]() 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. The separation of these three women is just the beginning of the injustices they face. Clotel is bought by her lover Horatio Green. In the end, Currer and Althesea are auctioned to the notorious slave trader, Dick Walker. ![]() Because she was beautiful and the mistress of Jefferson, Currer and her daughters lived a confortable life, this changed when her master passes away. In the novel, Currer is the former mulatto mistress of President Thomas Jefferson who together have two daughters, Althesea and Clotel. It is about the tragic lives of Currer, Althesea, and Clotel. ![]() 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 often considered the first African-American novel. Download cover art Download CD case insert Clotel, or, The President's DaughterĬlotel or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1814-84), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published in London, England in December 1853. ![]()
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