Clotel or the President's Daughter : A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States (1853)
, by Brown, William Wells- ISBN: 9781436808774 | 1436808774
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/30/2008
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.