Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter : A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States

Author: William Wells Brown
Publisher: Random House Inc
Format: Paperback
Condition: Used
Pages: 250
Published: 2003

Clotel: Or, The President’s Daughter (1853) is recognized as the first novel published by an African American author. Written by abolitionist William Wells Brown, this groundbreaking work tells the story of Clotel and her sister fictional mixed-race daughters of Thomas Jefferson who struggle under the cruelty of slavery in the United States.

Part fiction, part political commentary, Brown’s narrative weaves together personal tragedy and scathing critique of America’s institutions. More than a novel, it served as a powerful abolitionist text that exposed the moral contradictions of a nation founded on freedom while perpetuating slavery.