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You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown Clotel; or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown CLOTEL; OR, THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER.
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"I know I is more den dat," responded the man. In a few moments a fine looking, brighteyed mulatto boy, apparently about fifteen years of are, was standing by his master's side at the table. Smith took from his pocket the bill of sale and handed it to Johnson; at the same time saying, "I claim the right of redeeming that boy, Mr. Johnson. "A remarkable beginning for African-American fiction. William Wells Brown, "Chapter 2: Going to the South," Walker and the parson went into the saloon, talked over the matter, the bill of sale was made out, the money paid over, and the clergyman left, with the understanding that the woman should be delivered to him at his house.
"Who do you belong to?" "Well," said Pompey, addressing himself to the company, "I is de gentman dat is to get you ready, so dat you will bring marser a good price in de Orleans market. History at your fingertips "He will bring a thousand dollars, any day, in the New Orleans market," replied Smith. William Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 – November 6, 1884) was a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. "How old is you?"
At this moment the engineer of the Patriot was seen to fasten down the safety–valve, so that no steam should escape. Windows 8 desktop, Windows 7, XP & Vista
"No, sir," replied the chattel. William Wells Brown's Clotel is noted as being one of (if not the) first African-American novels ever written. Born into slavery in the Southern United States, Brown escaped to the North in 1834, where he worked for abolitionist causes and was a prolific writer. Pompey had long been with the trader, and knew his business; and if he did not take delight in discharging his duty, he did it with a degree of alacrity, so that he might receive the approbation of his master.
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Just as the ladies and gentlemen were assembling at the supper–table, the report of a pistol was heard in the direction of the Social Hall, which caused great uneasiness to the ladies, and took the gentlemen to that part of the cabin. During his prolific literary career, Brown was a pioneer in several different genres,… Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations
Interestingly, Brown opens the novel with a shortened version of his narrative entitled, "Narrative of the Life and Escape of William Wells Brown… On board the Patriot, the firemen were using oil, lard, butter, and even bacon, with the wood, for the purpose of raising the steam to its highest pitch. Something went wrong. During his prolific literary career, Brown was a pioneer in several different genres, including travel writing, fiction, and drama. "Pomp," as Walker usually called him, was of real negro blood, and would often say, when alluding to himself, "Dis nigger is no countefit; he is de genewine artekil." "What your name?"
Inhumanity and the Slave Family: The Rhetorical Strategies of Harriet Beecher Stowe and William Wells Brown Best Books of the Month Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Clotel, in full Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States, novel by William Wells Brown, first published in England in 1853.Brown revised it three times for publication in the United States—serially and in book form—each time changing the plot, the title, and the names of characters. "Now go back to your bed, and be up in time to–morrow morning to brush my clothes and clean my boots, do you hear?" Please try again. "I only want one for my own use, and would not need another," said the man in black, as he and the trader left the room. Literature & Fiction
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Clotel, her sister Althesa, and her mother Currer are sold at a slave auction. Drawing on what were, in the 19th century, rumors that Thomas Jefferson had children with his slave Sally Hemings, the novel follows the slave Clotel and her family as they are sold to different masters. Who was sometimes known in the United States as the “Jewish Mark Twain”? There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Unable to add item to List.
To behold five or six tables in a steamboat's cabin, with half–a–dozen men playing at cards, and money, pistols, bowie–knives, &c. all in confusion on the tables, is what may be seen at almost any time on the Mississippi river.
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"You will not forget that you belong to me," said Johnson, as the young slave was stepping from the table to a chair.
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