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Fiction

Clotel

By William Wells Brown

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William Wells Brown begins with the premise of daughters born to Thomas Jefferson and an enslaved woman, then follows lives endangered by sale and separation. He draws on newspaper material and other public accounts as well as fiction. The combination lets the novel put the language of American liberty beside the conditions of slavery.

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Paperback · Penguin Classics · ISBN 9780142437728

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Edition and subjects

Publisher
Standard Ebooks
Edition date
2020
First published
1853
African American Literary Legends Kentucky & Appalachian Voices Freedom Slavery Antebellum era Kentucky Lexington Adults

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