Clotel or the president's daughter
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Clotel or the president's daughter
(American history through literature)
M.E. Sharpe, c1996
A new ed. / with primary documents and introduction by Joan E. Cashin
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1853, Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Brown, a contemporary of Frederick Douglass, was well known for his abolitionist activities. In Clotel, the author focuses on the experiences of a slave woman: Brown treats the themes of gender, race, and slavery in distinctive ways, highlighting the mutability of identity as well as the absurdities and cruelties of slavery. The plot includes several mulatto characters, such as Clotel, who live on the margins of the black and white worlds, as well as a woman who dresses as a man to escape bondage; a white woman who is enslaved; and a famous white man who is mistaken for a mulatto. In her Introduction, scholar Joan E. Cashin highlights the most interesting features of this novel and its bold approach to gender and race relations. This volume, the latest in the American History Through Literature series, is suitable for a variety of undergraduate courses in American history, cultural history, women's studies, and slavery.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The Negro Sale
- Chapter 2 Going to the South
- Chapter 3 The Negro Chase
- Chapter 4 The Quadroon's Home
- Chapter 5 The Slave Market
- Chapter 6 The Religious Teacher
- Chapter 7 The Poor Whites, South
- Chapter 8 The Separation
- Chapter 9 The Man of Honour
- Chapter 10 The Young Christian
- Chapter 11 The Parson Poet
- Chapter 12 A Night in the Parson's Kitchen
- Chapter 13 A Slave Hunting Parson
- Chapter 14 A Free Woman Reduced to Slavery
- Chapter 15 To-Day a Mistress, To-Morrow a Slave
- Chapter 16 Death of the Parson
- Chapter 17 Retaliation
- Chapter 18 The Liberator
- Chapter 19 Escape of Clotel
- Chapter 20 A True Democrat
- Chapter 21 The Christian's Death
- Chapter 22 A Ride in a Stage-Coach
- Chapter 23 Truth Stranger than Fiction
- Chapter 24 The Arrest
- Chapter 25 Death is Freedom
- Chapter 26 The Escape
- Chapter 27 The Mystery
- Chapter 28 The Happy Meeting
- Chapter 29 Conclusion
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