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The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade  Cover Image Book Book

The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade

Durkin, Hannah (author.).

Summary:

"Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors--the last documented survivors of any slave ship--whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Kidnap
The conspiracy
The coast
The sea
Arrival
The river
The Black Belt
The capital
African Town
Reunion
Burials
Gee's Bend
Cocolocco
The courthouse.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780063073012
  • ISBN: 0063072998
  • ISBN: 9780063072992
  • Physical Description: xix, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Kidnap
The conspiracy
The coast
The sea
Arrival
The river
The Black Belt
The capital
African Town
Reunion
Burials
Gee's Bend
Cocolocco
The courthouse.
Subject: Clotilda (Ship)
Enslaved persons Alabama Biography
African Americans Alabama Biography
Enslaved persons Alabama History 19th century
Trade of enslaved persons United States History 19th century
West Africans Alabama History 19th century
Mobile (Ala.) History 19th century
Africatown (Ala.) Biography
Human trafficking Alabama History 19th century
Noirs américains Alabama Biographies
Esclaves Alabama Histoire 19e siècle
Esclaves Commerce États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle
Africains de l'Ouest Alabama Histoire 19e siècle
Traite des êtres humains Alabama Histoire 19e siècle
African Americans Biography
Slave trade United States
Mobile (Ala.) History
Genre: Biographies.
Biographies.

Currently available copies

  • 36 out of 39 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 1 out of 2 copies are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library.

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Flint River Regional Library System:
      Peachtree City Library
306.362 DURKIN ( Send Text)
31022010411095 ADULT Available


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