My blue suede shoes
Tracy Price-Thompson
In their previous book the authors took on interracial prejudice. In this, their second book in the series, they once again offer hope and healing, this time from the nightmare of abuse.
Read Time: ~2.5 hr
Clotel
by William Wells Brown (2004)
About this book
William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel an African-American. When the book was published, Brown himself was legally the property of someone else within the United States, having escaped from slavery in Kentucky when he was younger. In the story President Thomas Jefferson and his former mulatto mistress Currer have had two daughters together: Althesea and Clotel. When their master passes away, their relatively comfortable lives are swept away and Currer and Althesea are bought by the harsh slave trader Dick Walker.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreClotel Lead Character
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