One of them is the Clotel of the title, who suffers various trials and eventually escapes her captors. Ancient Egypt. One example comes in an early scene that describes a slave auction in which Clotel is sold to a new owner. Clotel; or the President’s Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States by William Wells Brown was published in 1853 in London. Thus closed a negro sale, at which two daughters of Thomas Jefferson, the writer of the Declaration of American Independence, and one of the presidents of the great republic, were disposed of to the highest bidder! Althesa, the youngest… was sold to the same trader for one thousand dollars. But when Clotel returns to Virginia to rescue her still-enslaved daughter, she is … In this first Clotel Brown gives Jefferson two fictional daughters, both of whom are sold at the auction block. Clotel's daughter, Mary, is enslaved by Gertrude, and Clotel is sold. It is considered the first African American novel. There is evidence of blacks being in Egypt and through art. She switches places with George in prison, allowing him to escape dressed as a woman. The slave mother was sold to a trader. Clotel was the last, and, as was expected, commanded a higher price than any that had been offered for sale that day. She is eventually sold to a French man who takes her to Europe, where, after the death of the French man, … The appearance of Clotel on the auction block created a deep sensation amongst the crowd. Published under the heading, An Auction. In slavery, Clotel meets a slave named William. Many whites and present day society try to deny the fact that blacks were important people in history. The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Clotel's existence was now well known to Horatio's wife, and both her and her father demanded that the beautiful quadroon and her child should be sold and sent out of the state. Brown's source for this scene was an article published in the a, April 29th, 1847 edition of the New York Evangelist. Daughter of Clotel and Horatio Green; George Green's lover and future wife. Together, they plan a daring escape. Clotel was was sold to a man who loved her, but strange relationship because he owned her. Ancient Egypt was a black culture. The slave mother was sold to a trader. Brown, the son of an enslaved woman and her owner’s brother, escaped from slavery and was a lecturer on the abolition circuit in England when he published Clotel. To confirm the separation of Clotel’s family, Brown reveals that Clotel’s mother and sister are sold to a trader but, she is sold to a temporary love interest (Horatio Green). Here's how this published article described the scene of a young woman's sale. Clotel was sold for fifteen hundred dollars, but her purchaser was Horatio Green. Clotel was the last, and, as was expected, commanded a higher price than any that had been offered for sale that day. Althesa, the youngest, and who was scarcely less beautiful than her sister, was sold to the same trader for one thousand dollars.