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Author Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884, author.

Title Clotel : or, Thomas Jefferson's daughter [Hoopla electronic resource] / William Wells Brown.

Edition Unabridged.
Publication Info. [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 44 min.)) : digital.
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Cast Read by JD Jackson.
Summary First published in 1853 amid rumors that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with one of his slaves, Clotel is a fictional chronicle of one such child. After Jefferson's death, his mistress and her two daughters are auctioned. One daughter, Clotel, is purchased by a white man from Virginia who impregnates her. Despite the promise of marriage, Clotel is instead sold to another man and separated from her daughter.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with women -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.
Children of presidents -- Fiction.
African American women -- Fiction.
Illegitimate children -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Enslaved women -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Added Author Jackson, J. D., narrator.
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ISBN 9781629232843 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
162923284X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Music No. MWT11055588
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