# Clotel

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- Authors: [William Wells Brown](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-wells-brown), [Hilton Als](https://www.bookquiver.com/hilton-als), [M. Giulia Fabi](https://www.bookquiver.com/m-giulia-fabi)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2001-01-09

## Description

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. Powerfully...

## Editions

### Clotel

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4243-772-8
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2003-12-30
- Language: en_US

### Clotel

- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-06-7978-323-7
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2001-01-09
- Language: en_US