Clotel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781605975726)

MORE than two hundred years have elapsed since the first cargo of slaves was landed on the banks of the James River, in the colony of Virginia, from the West coast of Africa. From the introduction of slaves in 1620, down to the period of the separation of the Colonies from the British Crown, the number had increased to five hundred thousand; now there are nearly four million. In fifteen of the thirty-one States, Slavery is made lawful by the Constitution, which binds the several States into one confederacy

Author: William Wells Brown
ISBN-10: 1605975729
ISBN-13: 9781605975726
Publisher: Book Jungle
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2008
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.34d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.8
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
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