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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 by Arthur Davis.
LIBRA Rare PS1139.B9 C5 1970 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.
- Series:
- African/American library
- 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.
- African American women--Fiction.
- African American women.
- Children of presidents--Fiction.
- Children of presidents.
- Illegitimate children--Fiction.
- Illegitimate children.
- Multiracial people--Fiction.
- Multiracial people.
- Enslaved women--Fiction.
- Enslaved women.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx, 202 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, Collier Books, 1970.
- Contents:
- Memoir of the Author
- 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:
- First Collier Books Edition 1970.
- "'Clotel, or The President's Daughter,' first published in Lodon in 1853 is brought to the American reading public for the first time in a completely unexpurgated edition."--Cover.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- OCLC:
- 71121
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