Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884 Clotelle; or the colored heroine. A tale of the Southern States.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06113 Author/Creator: Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1867 Pagination: 1 v. : 114 p. : ill Height: 18.9 cm, Width: 12.3 cm Order a Copy
Published by Lee and Shepard. Includes engraved plates. Previous documentation states this is the second American edition; the first edition was published in London. Clotelle is said to portray the daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Signed by Emily C. Taylor, presumably a prior owner of the volume. The author, Brown, was an enslaved person who sought refuge and abolitionist
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