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Clotel, or The President’s Daughter

Brown, William Wells

Read by Andrew Symons, Betsie Bush, Amy Gramour, Tim Ferreira, Cate Barratt and Guero · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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00 - Memoir of the Author (3:22)
01 - The Negro Sale (17:29)
02 - Going to the South (13:53)
03 - The Negro Chase (10:03)
04 - The Quadroon's Home (6:01)
05 - The Slave Master (6:45)
06 - The Religious Teacher (25:44)
07 - The Poor Whites, South (10:34)
08 - The Separation (9:05)
09 - The Man of Honor (3:16)
10 - The Young Christian (13:00)
11 - The Parson Poet (6:15)
12 - A Night in the Parson's Kitchen (10:10)
13 - A Slave Hunt (11:13)
14 - A Free Woman Reduced to Slavery (6:45)
15 - Today a Mistress,Tomorrow a Slave (5:55)
16 - Death of the Parson (9:20)
17 - Retaliation (5:12)
18 - The Liberator (13:37)
19 - Escape of Clotel (25:40)
20 - A True Democrat (8:45)
21 - The Christian's Death (13:26)
22 - A Ride in a Stage Coach (21:19)
23 - Truth Stranger Than Fiction (12:02)
24 - The Arrest (9:36)
25 - Death is Freedom (10:49)
26 - The Escape (16:33)
27 - The Mystery (6:44)
28 - The Happy Meeting and The Conclusion (18:34)

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