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PublisherBedford/Saint Martin's
ISBN-100312621078
ISBN-139780312621070
eBay Product ID (ePID)102793631
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleClotel : Or, the President's Daughter: a Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicAfrican American / General, Family Life, General, Historical
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorWilliam Wells Wells Brown
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2010-934492
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813.4
Table Of Content* New to this edition About the Series About This Volume List of Illustrations PART ONE Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: The Complete Text Introduction: Cultural and Historical Background Chronology of Brown's Life and Times A Note on the Text and Annotations Clotel; or, The President's Daughter [1853 Edition] PART TWO Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: Cultural Contexts 1. Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson, A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled Thomas Jefferson, from Notes on the State of Virginia Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson, Letter Exchange (1791) David Walker, from Walker's Appeal William Lloyd Garrison, To the Public Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? 2. Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings *James Callender, The President, Again Frances Trollope, from Domestic Manners of the Americans William Goodell, Sale of a Daughter of Tho's Jefferson Jefferson's Daughter James McCune Smith, Letter to Frederick Douglass' Paper *Madison Hemings, from Life among the Lowly 3. "All These Combined Have Made Up My Story": Source Texts about Slavery and Race Thomas Bacon, from Sermons Addressed to Masters and Servants Andrew Jackson, Two Proclamations Thomas R. Gray, from The Confessions of Nat Turner Theodore Dwight Weld, from American Slavery As It Is *Harriet Martineau, from Society in America Lydia Maria Child, The Quadroons Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Quadroon's Story *Frederick Douglass, from Reception Speech at Finsbury Chapel Grace Greenwood, The Leap from Long Bridge Daniel Webster, from The Constitution and the Union *Martin R. Delany, from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States 4. Writing and Revising Clotel William Wells Brown, from Narrative of William W. Brown Josephine Brown, from Biography of an American Bondman William Wells Brown, from The New Liberty Party *William Wells Brown, from A Lecture Delivered before the Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem William Wells Brown, Singular Escape William Wells Brown, from Original Panoramic Views *William Wells Brown, A True Story of Slave Life *William Wells Brown, Letters from London *Selected Reviews of Clotel William Wells Brown, from St. Domingo: Its Revolutions and Its Patriots William Wells Brown, from Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States William Wells Brown, from Clotel≤ or, The Colored Heroine William Wells Brown, Battle of Milliken's Bend William Wells Brown, from My Southern Home Selected Bibliography
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisIncluding selections from the key texts and cultural documents the author drew on to write Clotel in 1853, this novel marks the first book published by an by an African American. It was inspired by the rumored sexual relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings.
LC Classification NumberPS1139.B9C53 2011
