Clotel: The Presidents Daughter by William Wells Brown collection NEUF

Product Name: Clotel: The Presidents Daughter by William Wells Brown collection NEUF
EAN：9781979881845 UPC：9781979881845 collection ISBN：9781979881845 MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 84 pages Recommended Age Range：12+ years
Clotel; Or, The Presidents Daughter - William Wells Brown. Clotel; or, The Presidents Daughter is an 1853 novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Brown, who escaped from slavery in 1834 at the age of 20, published the book in London. He was staying after a lecture tour to evade possible recapture due to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Set in the early nineteenth century, it is considered the first novel published by an African American and is set in the United States. Three additional versions were published through 1867..