Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo"
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New York : Amistad, 2018.
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Book
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First edition.
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9780062748201, 9780008297664, 0062748203
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xxviii, 171 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm
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Blanchard Community Library - Adult Non-Fiction306.36209 HURSTONOn Shelf
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Goleta Valley Library - Adult Non-Fiction306.362 LEWISOn Shelf
Lompoc Library - Adult Non-FictionBIO LEWIS, CUDJOOn Shelf
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Published
New York : Amistad, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062748201, 9780008297664, 0062748203

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-171).
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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 nations history. Hurston was there to record Cudjos firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States. In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjos pastmemories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War. Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjos unique vernacular, and written from Hurstons perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hurston, Z. N., & Plant, D. G. (2018). Barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo" (First edition.). Amistad.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hurston, Zora Neale and Deborah G. Plant. 2018. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "black Cargo". Amistad.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hurston, Zora Neale and Deborah G. Plant. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "black Cargo" Amistad, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hurston, Zora Neale,, and Deborah G. Plant. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "black Cargo" First edition., Amistad, 2018.

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