Clotel, Or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United StatesAyer Company, 1984 - 245 pagina's Originally published in 1853, Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Brown, a contemporary of Frederick Douglass, was well known for his abolitionist activities. In Clotel, the author focuses on the experiences of a slave woman: 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. The plot includes several mulatto characters, such as Clotel, who live on the margins of the black and white worlds, as well as a woman who dresses as a man to escape bondage; a white woman who is enslaved; and a famous white man who is mistaken for a mulatto. In her Introduction, scholar Joan E. Cashin highlights the most interesting features of this novel and its bold approach to gender and race relations. This volume, the latest in the American History Through Literature series, is suitable for a variety of undergraduate courses in American history, cultural history, women's studies, and slavery. |
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MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR | 1 |
THE NEGRO SALE | 55 |
GOING TO THE SOUTH | 65 |
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Althesa American appearance asked Attakapas barley sugar beautiful Bible blood boat called Carlton cause chains child Christian Clotel coloured commenced Currer daugh daughter death despotism Devenant dogs dollars door Edward Hore escape eyes father feel felt freedom fugitive slave gentleman George George Green Georgiana girl give hand hear heard heart hope Horatio Green hour Huckelby human husband labour lady land liberty look marriage Marser master mistress morning mother mulatto negro never nigger night Ohio river Orleans owner passed Peck persons Pompey poor purchase quadroon racter replied returned river seated servant Shinplasters slave trade slaveholder slavery Snyder sold soon Southern steamer taken tell thought told took trader Uncle Simon Walker whip wife William Wells Brown wish woman young
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