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Author:

Hurston, Zora Neale, author.

Title:

Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah G. Plant.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Blackstone Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

3 audio discs (3 hr., 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Lewis, Cudjo.
Clotilda (Ship)
Slaves--Alabama--History--19th century--Biography.
West Africans--Alabama--History--19th century.
West Africans--Alabama--Biography.
Slaves--Alabama--Biography.
Slave trade--Mobile--Mobile--History--19th century.
Slave trade--Africa--History--19th century.
Slavery--Alabama--History--19th century.
Slave trade--United States--History--19th century.
Mobile (Ala.)--History--19th century.
Slave ships--Alabama.

Other Authors:

Plant, Deborah G., 1956- editor.
Miles, Robin, narrator.
Harper Audio (Firm)
Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Notes:

Read by Robin Miles.

Contents:

Foreword. Those who love us never leave us alone with our grief : reading Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / by Alice Walker -- Introduction -- Editor's note -- Barracoon. Preface -- Introduction -- The king arrives -- Barracoon -- Slavery -- Freedom -- Marriage -- Kossula learns about law -- Alone -- Appendix. Takkoi or Attako--children's game -- Stories Kossula told me -- The monkey and the camel -- Story of de Jona -- Now disa Abraham fadda de faitful -- The lion woman -- Afterword and additional materials / edited by Deborah G. Plant.

Summary:

The true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.

ISBN:

1538519283
9781538519288

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)