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Publicada por primera vez en diciembre de 1853, Clotel fue escrita en medio de rumores, entonces no confirmados, de que Thomas Jefferson había tenido hijos con una de sus esclavas. La historia comienza con la subasta de su amante, aquí llamada Currer, y sus dos hijas, Clotel y Althesa. El virginiano que compra a Clotel se enamora de ella, la deja embarazada, parece prometerle matrimonio y luego la vende. Tras escapar del traficante de esclavos, Clotel regresa a…
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William Wells Brown (1814–1884) was born a slave, escaped to the North and then to England, and became one of the most prominent abolitionists of his time. During his prolific literary career, Brown was a pioneer in several different genres, including travel writing, fiction, and drama.
M. Giulia Fabi is the author of Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel. She teaches American literature at the…
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The Negro Sale.
“Why stands she near the auction stand,
That girl so young and fair?
What brings her to this dismal place,
Why stands she weeping there?”
With the growing population of slaves in the Southern States of America,
there is a fearful increase of half whites, most of whose fathers are
slaveowners, and their mothers slaves. Society does not frown upon the man
who sits with his mulatto…
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