The last slave ship, the true story of how Clotilda was found, her descendants, and an extraordinary reckoning, Ben Raines
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Label
The last slave ship, the true story of how Clotilda was found, her descendants, and an extraordinary reckoning, Ben Raines
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The last slave ship
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1292477045
Responsibility statement
Ben Raines
Sub title
the true story of how Clotilda was found, her descendants, and an extraordinary reckoning
Summary
"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
Table Of Contents
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