A review by honeycoveredpages
Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter by William Wells Brown

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book was the first novel published by an African American in 1853. Historical fiction and non fiction are my f vorite genres to read. I have done a little research on Thomas Jefferson and is affair with Sally Hemings. It was interesting to read a story written in the 1800 based. With a mix of fiction and non fiction at times this story felt a little scattered. We follow the fictional daughters and then their children. This book was full with so much sadness, families being torn apart and sold into slavery. However the ending was happy.