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Title The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade / Hannah Durkin.
Author Durkin, Hannah, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
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 Alafaya  306.362 DUR    Check Shelves
 Chickasaw  306.362 DUR    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  306.362 DUR    AVAILABLE/SHELVING
Edition First edition.
Description xix, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Subject Clotilda (Ship)
Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- Biography.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
West Africans -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Africatown (Ala.) -- Biography.
Mobile (Ala.) -- History -- 19th century.
Human trafficking -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Genre Biographies.
Added Title Lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade
ISBN 9780063072992 hardcover : $29.99
0063072998 hardcover
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