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Clotel or the President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States (Bedford Cultural Edition)
Clotel or the President's Daughter A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States - Bedford Cultural Edition Author:Robert S. Levine William Wells Brown's Clotel (1853), the first novel written by an African American, was published in London while Brown was still legally regarded as "property" within the borders of the United States. The documents in this edition include excerpts from Brown's sources for the novel--Fiction, political essays, sermons, and presidential p... more »roclamations; selections that illuminate the range of contemporary attitudes concerning race, slavery, and prejudice; and pieces that advocate various methods of resistance and reform.« less