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    Clotel: or, The president's daughter

    Clotel: or, The president's daughter

    Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884; Cashin, Joan E

    Originally published in 1853, "Clotel" is one of the first novels by an African American. In it, 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

    Book. English.
    Published Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe 1996
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      Statement of responsibility: William Wells Brown ; a new edition, with primary documents and an introduction by Joan E. Cashin
      ISBN: 1563248034, 1563248042, 9781563248030, 9781563248047
      Note: Includes bibliographical references.
      Physical Description: xxiv,191p : ports. ; 23 cm.
      Series: American history through literature
      Subject: Afro-American women Southern States Fiction.; English fiction; Women slaves Southern States Fiction.; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Relations with women Fiction.; Afro-American families Southern States Fiction.; Children of presidents Southern States Fiction.; United States