Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo"
by Hurston, Zora Neale (Author)
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Summary
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the natio... Full description
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Other Authors
Plant, Deborah G., 1956- (Editor), Walker, Alice, 1944- (writer of foreword.)
Main Language
English
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Edition
First edition.
Subjects
Slaves > Alabama > History > 19th century > Biography.
West Africans > Alabama > History > 19th century.
West Africans > Alabama > Biography.
Slaves > Alabama > Biography.
Slave trade > Alabama > Mobile > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > Africa > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Alabama > History > 19th century.