African Town / Inspired by the True Story of the Last American Slave Ship
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Author
Contributors
Waters, Charles, 1973- author.
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East Flagstaff Public Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA LATHAM, IRENE
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YA LATHAM, IRENE
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Book
Physical Desc
438 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Inspired by the true story of the last American slave ship."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-435).
Description
In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama River before being secretly parceled out to various plantations, where they made desperate attempts to maintain both their culture and also fit into the place of captivity to which they'd been delivered. At the end of the Civil War, the survivors created a community for themselves they called African Town, which still exists to this day. Told in 14 distinct voices, including that of the ship that brought them to the American shores and the founder of African Town, this powerfully affecting historical novel-in-verse recreates a pivotal moment in US and world history, the impacts of which we still feel today.
Target Audience
Ages 12+.,G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Target Audience
Grades 7-9.,G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Latham, I., & Waters, C. (2022). African Town: Inspired by the True Story of the Last American Slave Ship . G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Latham, Irene and Charles Waters. 2022. African Town: Inspired By the True Story of the Last American Slave Ship. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Latham, Irene and Charles Waters. African Town: Inspired By the True Story of the Last American Slave Ship G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Latham, Irene,, and Charles Waters. African Town: Inspired By the True Story of the Last American Slave Ship G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2022.
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