Clotelle Or, The Colored Heroine, a Tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's Daughter

Reproduction of the original, first published in 1853. Mid-19th-century American novel by African American author William Wells Brown, examining antebellum slavery and race relations. Opening in Richmond, Virginia, the narrative details the enslavement of quadroon woman Agnes and her daughters Isabella and Marion, who are separated at a slave auction.