Clotelle Or The Colored Heroine

Clotelle Or The Colored Heroine is a novel by William Wells Brown, first published in 1853. The story follows the life of Clotelle, a young mixed-race woman who is sold into slavery as a child. She is eventually freed by her white father and begins a new life as a free woman. However, she faces numerous challenges and discrimination due to her race and struggles to find her place in society. Along the way, Clotelle falls in love with a white man, but their relationship is met with disapproval and opposition from both black and white communities. The novel explores themes of race, identity, love, and the harsh realities of slavery and racism in America. It is considered one of the first novels written by an African American author and is a significant work in the history of African American literature.Inspired, perhaps, by Jeffersonian rumors in the 1800s.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.