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Long download timeRunning Time: 06:44 hrsNarrator: J.D. JacksonPublisher:Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2014Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: Brown, William WellsDate:Created2014Summary:
First published in 1853 amidst rumors that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with one of his slaves, Clotel is a fictional chronicle of one such child. After Jefferson's death, his mistress and her two daughters are auctioned. One daughter, Clotel, is purchased by a white man from Virginia who impregnates her. Despite the promise of marriage, Clotel is instead sold to another man and separated from her daughter. After escaping from the slave dealer, Clotel returnss to Virginia to reunite with her daughter - now a slave in her father's house.
Subject(s): Relations with women | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | African American families | Children of presidents | Women slaves | African American women | Racially mixed people | Southern StatesOriginal Publisher: Holland, Ohio, Dreamscape Media, LLCLanguage(s): English