The last slave ship : the true story of how Clotilda was found, her descendants, and an extraordinary reckoning / Ben Raines.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982136048
- ISBN: 1982136049
- Physical Description: xvii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The bet -- The voyage of the Clotilda -- The King of the Amazons -- Captured -- Barracoon -- Into the canebreak -- Five years a slave -- An African town -- Africatown -- the fall -- Finding Clotilda -- Finding a future in the past -- Reconciliation -- Coda. |
Summary, etc.: | "The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day-by the journalist who discovered the ship's remains"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Clotilda (Ship) Slavery > Alabama > Mobile > History > 19th century. Slave trade > Alabama > Mobile > History > 19th century. West Africans > Alabama > History > 19th century. Slaves > Alabama > Mobile > Biography. Shipwrecks > Alabama > Mobile River. African Americans > Alabama > Mobile > History. Africatown (Ala.) > History. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Hotchkiss Library - Sharon | 306.36 Rai (Text) | 33660148225552 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |