The President's Daughter

<p><b>Born into slavery Clotel is a white-passing woman who conceals her identity and uses a disguise to infiltrate a plantation to rescue her loved ones.</b> It's a story of survival that's deeply rooted in the cruelest part of American history.</p><p>Clotel and Althesa are the illegitimate daughters of Thomas Jefferson and a slave woman named Currer. Despite their father's elite status the girls are sold into slavery but attempt to use their fair complexions to their advantage. Clotel takes it a step further dressing as a white man to emancipate her daughter who was sold against her will.</p> <p><i>Clotel; or The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States</i> is an American tragedy that explores generational trauma. William Wells Brown who's considered the first African American novelist uses his personal experience to illustrate the horrors of bondage. It's a heartbreaking tale that tests the undeniable power of the human spirit. </p><p>With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of <i>Clotel; or The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States </i> is both modern and readable.</p>