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Clotel: or, The President's Daughter (Penguin Classics) by William Wells Brown, M. Giulia Fabi (Introduction), Maria Giulia Fabi Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-14-243772-7 / 0142437727 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-243772-8 / 9780142437728 First published in December 1853, Clotel was written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of his slaves. The story begins with the auction of his mistress, here called Currer, and their two daughters, Clotel and Althesa. The Virginian who buys Clotel fall |