William Wells Brown

Clotelle A Tale of the Southern States (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Clotel; or, The President''s Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States is an 1853 novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 211
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783968659428
• Artikelnr.: 62193726

Autorenporträt

William Wells Brown was born in 1814 near Lexington, Kentucky, to Elizabeth, an enslaved woman of mixed African and Native American ancestry, and likely a white planter. After years of forced labor under various owners, he escaped in 1834 while being transported down the Mississippi River and reached Ohio, where he adopted the name of a Quaker who helped him. Brown eventually settled in Boston and became involved in the abolitionist movement, gaining recognition as a speaker and lecturer. He wrote extensively, producing speeches, essays, travel narratives, and historical texts that highlighted the cruelties of slavery and the need for social reform. His 1853 novel Clotel is recognized as the first published novel by an African American. Throughout his career, he advocated for temperance, women's rights, and universal education, aligning himself with broader movements for social justice. In 1860, he married Annie Gray, and they had a daughter named Josephine Brown, who also wrote about his life. Brown's legacy as a pioneering voice in African American literature and history remains significant. He died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1884 at the age of 70.