Barracoon - The Story of the Last Slave (Paperback)

Abducted from Africa, sold in America. "A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life"- Daily Telegraph 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. The true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade. In August 1931, famed anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston travelled to Alabama to visit ninety-year-old Cudjo Lewis, a former slave. Over three months, Cudjo shared heart-rending memories of his childhood in Africa; the horrors of being captured - fifty years after slavery was outlawed - and held in the Ouidah barracoons for selection by American slavers; the harrowing ordeal of the Middle Passage aboard the Clotilda with over one hundred other souls; and the years he spent in slavery. Barracoon brings to life Cudjo's singular voice in an invaluable contribution to history and culture, a work as poignant as it is profound.

General

Imprint:	HQ
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2020
Authors:	Zora Neale Hurston
Foreword by:	Alice Walker
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-836803-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Endurance & survival Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-00-836803-1
Barcode:	9780008368036

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