Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited by Deborah G. Plant ;...
Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited by Deborah G. Plant ;...
Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited by Deborah G. Plant ; foreword by Alice Walker.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/5521
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxviii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword: Those who love us never leave us alone with our grief : reading Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / by Alice Walker -- Introduction -- Editor's note -- Barracoon. Preface -- Introduction -- The king arrives -- Barracoon -- Slavery -- Freedom -- Marriage -- Kossula learns abou...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"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...
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Full title
Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited by Deborah G. Plant ; foreword by Alice Walker.
Portion of title
Story of the last "black cargo"
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171).
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©2018
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G 2018/5521
Record Identifier
74VKV8XXmLLX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8XXmLLX
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ISBN
9780062748201
0062748203
DDC
306.362092 B
MMS ID
991024189609002626
