Clotel
(2014)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC : Made available through hoopla, 2014
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 44 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781629232843 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11055588, 162923284X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11055588
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by JD Jackson

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

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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