Clotel, or The President's Daughter
, by Brown, William Wells- ISBN: 9781434617002 | 1434617009
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/11/2007
The first novel by an African-American, this dramatic tale describes the fate of a child fathered by Thomas Jefferson with one of his slaves. Although born into slavery, the author escaped bondage to become a prominent reformer and historian. An emotionally powerful depiction of slavery, racial conflict in the antebellum South.