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256 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679783237
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Modern Library
Publication date: 09 January 2001
Description
The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving toge...
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256 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679783237
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Modern Library
Publication date: 09 January 2001
Description
The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving toge...