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

by Antislavery Webmaster — last modified 2006-02-27 18:19

This novel by William Wells Brown (1816-1884) is generally acknowledged as the first African American novel. Digitized by the Gutenberg Project.

The link address is: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/241