This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper. This tragic story brilliantly explores the complex history of slavery in the first part of the 19th century. In her quest for freedom we find an ill-fated soul caught up in the difficulty of race relations in early American life. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, of the hypocrisies of a nation founded on democratic principles, Clotel is more than a sensationalist novel. Through this central character we witness the struggles of a person of mixed race in dealing with their split identity in a racially divided society. Escaping from the slave dealer, Clotel returns to Virginia disguised as a white man in order to rescue her daughter, Mary, a slave in her father’s house. It tells the story of Clotel, the mixed-race daughter. In "Clotel", we follow the story of Clotel, a mixed-race daughter of Thomas Jefferson. William Wells Browns 1853 novel Clotel, or The Presidents Daughter, was first published in England. Even more direct is Brown's confrontation of Thomas Jefferson's controversial intimacy with his slaves, a relationship which bore many mixed race children. William Wells Brown confronts the hypocrisy of slavery, examining the detrimental effects it has on society. The long untouched subject matter of mixed race identity during the antebellum South is here treated with great deft and bravery. William Wells Brown, who is credited with being the first African American novelist, crafts a groundbreaking piece of American fiction in his 1853 work "Clotel Or, The President's Daughter".
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