Clotel is a novel by William Wells Brown, an African-American who escaped from slavery. It is a story that focuses on the experiences of mixed-race, enslaved women in the United States, with 'Clotel' being the name of the protagonist.

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Preface to the 1853 Edition

Narrative of the Life and Escape of William Wells Brown

Epigraph

I: The Negro Sale

II: Going to the South

III: The Negro Chase

IV: The Quadroon’s Home

V: The Slave Market

VI: The Religious Teacher

VII: The Poor Whites, South

VIII: The Separation

IX: The Man of Honour

X: The Young Christian

XI: The Parson Poet

XII: A Night in the Parson’s Kitchen

XIII: A Slave Hunting Parson

XIV: A Free Woman Reduced to Slavery

XV: Today a Mistress, Tomorrow a Slave

XVI: Death of the Parson

XVII: Retaliation

XVIII: The Liberator

XIX: Escape of Clotel

XX: A True Democrat

XXI: The Christian’s Death

XXII: A Ride in a Stagecoach

XXIII: Truth Stranger Than Fiction

XXIV: The Arrest

XXV: Death Is Freedom

XXVI: The Escape

XXVII: The Mystery

XXVIII: The Happy Meeting

XXIX: Conclusion

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