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Hurston interviewed one of the last living former slaves from the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the US. Cudjo Lewis was in his 80s when Hurston interviewed him in the late 1920s. Barracoon is Cudjo's biography. He recalls life in Africa, his capture, the sea voyage, his time as a slave, his freedom...
Powerful. It is important that we have these accounts of the actual experiences of slaves. ...more
Powerful. It is important that we have these accounts of the actual experiences of slaves. ...more
This book is brutal, because the story is brutal. It's short - on audio, a bit more than four hours - but it packs a punch. In it, Hurston puts on her ethnographer hat and interviews Cudjo Lewis (born Oluale Kossola), the last known living person to have endured the Middle Passage, the last known living person to be born in West Africa and then enslaved in the US. Lewis' story, before, during, and after his enslavement, should be required reading for USAmericans who aren't Black (for whom readin
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