by William Wells Brown (Author)
This novel explores slavery's destructive effects on African-American families, the difficult lives of American mulattoes or mixed-race people, and the "degraded and immoral condition of the relation of master and slave in the United States of America." It is a tragic mulatto story about a woman named Currer and her daughters Althesa and Clotel, fathered by Thomas Jefferson.
Number of Pages: 136
Dimensions: 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: January 30, 2012
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 9.8
Point Value: 14