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Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States

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Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States by William Wells Brown. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2095.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2095, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 157 minutes of reading across 378 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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