

Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo, (Paperback)
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- Literary Significance: This paperback is a New York Times Bestseller and was recognized as TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018, among other prestigious awards.
- Authorial Insight: Written by Zora Neale Hurston, author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God," it features a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker.
- Historical Narrative: The book tells the true story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade, abducted on the final "Black Cargo" ship to the United States.
- Interview Foundation: Based on Hurston's 1927 and 1931 interviews with Cudjo Lewis, it details his childhood in Africa, capture, the Middle Passage, and years in slavery.
- Unique Perspective: Hurston's compassionate style and Cudjo's unique vernacular illuminate the tragedy of slavery and its lasting legacy.
- Publication Details: Published by Amistad Press on January 7, 2020, this paperback edition has a page count of 256.
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- Pub date2020-01-07
- Pages256
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One of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! - New York Times Bestseller - TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 - New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 - NPR's Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 - Economist Book of the Year - SELF.com's Best Books of 2018 - Audible's Best of the Year - BookRiot's Best Audio Books of 2018 - The Atlantic's Books Briefing: History, Reconsidered - Atlanta Journal Constitution, Best Southern Books 2018 - The Christian Science Monitor's Best Books 2018 -
"A profound impact on Hurston's literary legacy."--New York Times
"One of the greatest writers of our time."--Toni Morrison
"Zora Neale Hurston's genius has once again produced a Maestrapiece."--Alice Walker
A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade--abducted from Africa on the last "Black Cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.
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 nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's 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 Cudjo's past--memories 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 Cudjo's unique vernacular, and written from Hurston's 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.
- Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo, (Paperback)
- Author: Amistad Press
- ISBN: 9780062748218
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Page Count: 256
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