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Clotel, or, The President's daughter : a narrative of slave life in the United States / by William Wells Brown ; with an introduction and notes by William Edward Farrison.
LIBRA - Rare PS1139.B9 C53 1969 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.
- Standardized Title:
- Clotel
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with women--Fiction.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- African American families--Fiction.
- African American families.
- Relations with women.
- Children of presidents--Fiction.
- Children of presidents.
- African American women--Fiction.
- African American women.
- Illegitimate children--Fiction.
- Illegitimate children.
- Multiracial people--Fiction.
- Multiracial people.
- Southern States--Fiction.
- Southern States.
- Enslaved women--Fiction.
- Enslaved women.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 254 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- President's daughter
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Citadel Press, 1969.
- Contents:
- The Negro Sale
- Going to the South
- The Negro Chase
- The Quadroon's Home
- The Slave Market
- The Religious Teacher
- The Poor Whites, South
- The Separation
- The Man of Honour
- The Young Christian
- The Parson Poet
- A Night in the Parson's Kitchen
- A Slave Hunting Parson
- A Free Woman Reduced to Slavery
- To-Day a Mistress, To-Morrow a Slave
- Death of the Parson
- Retaliation
- The Liberator
- Escape of Clotel
- A True Democrat
- The Christian's Death
- A Ride in a Stage-Coach
- Truth Stranger than Fiction
- The Arrest
- Death is Freedom
- The Escape
- The Mystery
- The Happy Meeting
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "Brown's 'Clotel' is generally considered the first novel written by an American Negro."--Introduction.
- "Textually the same as the first edition ... published in London in 1853." Reprint. Originally published: London : Partridge & Oakey, 1853.
- "Included in this volume is Brown's own narrative of his life as a slave and his escape to Canada and from thence to England."--Dust jacket.
- Jacket design by Todd Ash.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 53869
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