The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade
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xix, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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2401
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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 last five surviving passengers—the last documented survivors of any slave ship—whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways. The Clotilda , the last slave ship to land on American soil, docked in Mobile Bay, Alabama, in July 1860—more than half a century after the passage of a federal law banning the importation of slaves, and nine months before the beginning of the Civil War. Five of its passengers, ranging in age from two to nineteen when kidnapped, died between 1922 and 1940. They were the last witnesses to the final act of a terrible and significant period in world history. In this epic work, Dr. Hannah Durkin tells the stories of these five survivors, drawing on her intensive archival, historical, and sociological research. The Last Ship follows their lives from their kidnappings in what is modern-day Benin through a terrifying 45-day journey across the Middle Passage; from the subsequent sale of the ship’s 110 African men, women, and children in slavery across Alabama to the dawn of the Civil Rights movement in Selma; from the foundation of an all-Black African Town (later Africatown) in Northern Mobile—an inspiration for writers of the Harlem Renaissance, including Zora Neale Hurston—to the foundation of Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective—a Black artistic circle whose cultural influence remains enormous. An astonishing, deeply compelling tapestry of history, biography, and social commentary, The Survivors of the Clotilda is a tour de force that deepens our knowledge and understanding of the Black experience and of America and its tragic past. ,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Durkin, H. (2024). The survivors of the Clotilda: the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade . [Amistad].

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Durkin, Hannah. 2024. The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade. [New York]: [Amistad].

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Durkin, Hannah. The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade [New York]: [Amistad], 2024.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Durkin, H. (2024). The survivors of the clotilda: the lost stories of the last captives of the american slave trade. [New York]: [Amistad].

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Durkin, Hannah. The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade [Amistad], 2024.

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