Clotel
by William Wells Brown
287 pages~5 hrs
“Born of a Founder, bound by a nation.”
What if the daughters of a United States President were treated as property? In this gripping masterpiece, the unacknowledged children of Thomas Jefferson navigate a world of betrayal and danger to reclaim their humanity and escape the bonds of slavery.
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