Clotelle or the Colored Heroine

For many years the South has been noted for its beautiful Quadroon women. Bottles of ink, and reams of paper, have been used to portray the "finely cut and well molded features," the "silken curls," the "dark and brilliant eyes," the "splendid forms," the "fascinating smiles," and "accomplished manners" of these impassioned and voluptuous daughters of the two races, the unlawful product of the crime of human bondage.

• The Southern Social Circle

• The Negro Sale

• The Slave Speculator

• The Boat Race

• The Young Mother

• The Slave Market

• The Slave Holding Parson

• A Night In The Parson's Kitchen

• The Man Of Honor

• The Quadroon's Home

• Today a Mistress, Tomorrow a Slave

• The Mother-in-Law

• A Hard Hearted Woman

• The Prison

• The Arrest

• Death is Freedom

• Clotelle

• A Slave Hunting Parson

• The True Heroine

• The Hero of many Adventures

• Self Sacrifice

• Love at first Sight and what Followed

• Meeting of the Cousins

• The Law and its Victims

• The Flight

• The Hero of a Night

• True Freedom

• Farewell To America

• A Stranger in a Strange Land

• New Friends

• The Mysterious Meeting

• A Happy Meeting

• The Happy Day

• Clotelle meets her Father

• The Father's Resolve

• The Return Home

• The Angel of Mercy

• The Great Tunnel and the Mistake

• Conclusion

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Clotelle or The Colored Heroine, A tale of the Southern States