# Clotel

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- Book: [Clotel](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-wells-brown/clotel) ([Clotel.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-wells-brown/clotel.md))
- 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)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4243-772-8
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2003-12-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

First published in December 1853, Clotel was written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of his slaves. The story begins with the auction of his mistress,...