Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States
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Places the first African American novelist in his historical and literary setting. Includes the entire text of Brown's novel, Clotelle, a facsimile of the 1864 edition.
Chapters (38)
- CLOTELLE: A TALE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
- William Wells Brown
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I THE SLAVE'S SOCIAL CIRCLE.
- CHAPTER II THE NEGRO SALE.
- CHAPTER III THE SLAVE SPECULATOR.
- CHAPTER IV THE BOAT-RACE.
- CHAPTER V THE YOUNG MOTHER.
- CHAPTER VI THE SLAVE-MARKET.
- CHAPTER VII THE SLAVE-HOLDING PARSON.
- CHAPTER VIII A NIGHT IN THE PARSON'S KITCHEN.
- CHAPTER IX THE MAN OF HONOR.
- CHAPTER X THE QUADROON'S HOME
- CHAPTER XI TO-DAY A MISTRESS, TO-MORROW A SLAVE
- CHAPTER XII THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.
- CHAPTER XIII A HARD-HEARTED WOMAN.
- CHAPTER XIV THE PRISON.
- CHAPTER XV THE ARREST.
- CHAPTER XVI DEATH IS FREEDOM.
- CHAPTER XVII CLOTELLE.
- CHAPTER XVIII A SLAVE-HUNTING PARSON.
- CHAPTER XIX THE TRUE HEROINE.
- CHAPTER XX THE HERO OF MANY ADVENTURES.
- CHAPTER XXI SELF-SACRIFICE.
- CHAPTER XXII LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
- CHAPTER XXIII MEETING OF THE COUSINS.
- CHAPTER XXIV THE LAW AND ITS VICTIM.
- CHAPTER XXV THE FLIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXVI THE HERO OF A NIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXVII TRUE FREEDOM.
- CHAPTER XXVIII FAREWELL TO AMERICA.
- CHAPTER XXIX A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
- CHAPTER XXX NEW FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER XXXI THE MYSTERIOUS MEETING.
- CHAPTER XXXII THE HAPPY MEETING.
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE HAPPY DAY.
- CHAPTER XXXIV CLOTELLE MEETS HER FATHER.
- CHAPTER XXXV THE FATHER'S RESOLVE.
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