Author : William Wells Brown
Release : 2008-08-15
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Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 445/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Clotelle by : William Wells Brown
Download or read book Clotelle written by William Wells Brown. This book was released on 2008-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1867, William Wells Browns Clotelle; or The Colored Heroine confronts racism and Afro-American slavery, which are presented as the foundation of a nation that prides itself on justice and democracy. The events play out in the background of the Civil War. A slave girl, Clotelle, is on a quest to save her daughter, whose father is her previous owner.