Clotel, or, The president's daughter

By William Wells Brown

Clotel

By William Wells Brown

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. P...

My southern home

By William Wells Brown

The Negro in the American rebellion.

By William Wells Brown

The negro in the American rebellion

By William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown

By William Wells Brown

"Born into slavery in Kentucky, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was kept functionally illiterate until after his escape at the age of nineteen. Remarkably, he became the most widely published and v...

Clotel, or, The president's daughter

By William Wells Brown

Originally published in 1853, Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Brown, a contemporary of Frederick Douglass, was well known for his abolitionist activities. In Clotel,...

The escape, or, A leap for freedom

By William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown: Clotel & Other Writings (LOA 247)

By William Wells Brown

A showcase of the extraordinary career America’s first Black novelist and pivotal figure in African American literature “It is difficult to imagine any one of his contemporaries...

Clotel Or the President s Daughter

By William Wells Brown, Robert Levine