Clotel : or, Thomas Jefferson's daughter
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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 44 min.)) : digital.
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access - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2014.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by J. D. Jackson. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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