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Clotel or the president's daughter

William Wells Brown

（American history through literature）

M.E. Sharpe, c1996

A new ed. / with primary documents and introduction by Joan E. Cashin

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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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