Clotel

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William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel an African-American. When the book was published, Brown himself was legally the property of someone else within the United States, having escaped from slavery in Kentucky when he was younger. In the story President Thomas Jefferson and his former mulatto mistress Currer have had two daughters together: Althesea and Clotel. When their master passes away, their relatively comfortable lives are swept away and Currer and Althesea are bought by the harsh slave trader Dick Walker.

subjects: African American families,  African American women,  Children of presidents,  Fiction,  Illegitimate children,  Racially mixed people,  Relations with women,  Women slaves,  Illegitimate children in fiction,  Southern States in fiction,  Women slaves in fiction,  Jefferson, Thomas, in fiction,  African American families in fiction,  African American women in fiction,  Slavery in fiction,  Slavery,  Children of presidents in fiction,  Racially mixed people in fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Slaves, fiction,  Presidents, united states, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  African americans, fiction,  Presidents, fiction,  Fiction, general,  Afro-American women,  Familles noires américaines,  Romans, nouvelles,  Enfants de présidents,  Noires américaines,  Enfants naturels,  Femmes esclaves,  Enslaved persons, fiction,  Classic Literature,  Slaves, united states,  Fiction, family life,  Fiction, african american, general,  Relations with womenjefferson, thomas , 1743-1826,  Brown, william wells , 1814?-1884,  Hemings, sally,  Children of presidents--fiction,  African american families--fiction,  Racially mixed people--fiction,  African american women--fiction,  Women slaves--fiction,  Slavery--virginia--fiction,  Ps1139.b9 c53 2011,  813.4,  Ht 3903,  Ms 3450

People: Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826),  William Wells Brown (1815-1884),  William Wells Brown (1814?-1884)

Places: Southern States,  United States