Abducted from Africa, sold in America.
"A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life"- Daily Telegraph
A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker.
The true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade.
In August 1931, famed anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston travelled to Alabama to visit ninety-year-old Cudjo Lewis, a former slave.
Over three months, Cudjo shared heart-rending memories of his childhood in Africa; the horrors of being captured - fifty years after slavery was outlawed - and held in the Ouidah barracoons for selection by American slavers; the harrowing ordeal of the Middle Passage aboard the Clotilda with over one hundred other souls; and the years he spent in slavery.
Barracoon brings to life Cudjo's singular voice in an invaluable contribution to history and culture, a work as poignant as it is profound.
| ISBN: | 9780008368036 |
| Publication date: | 9th January 2020 |
| Author: | Zora Neale Hurston |
| Publisher: | HQ an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
True stories of heroism, endurance and survival Slavery and abolition of slavery |
Abducted from Africa, sold in America."A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life"- Daily TelegraphA major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker.The true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade.In August 1931, famed anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston travelled to Alabama to visit ninety-year-old Cudjo Lewis, a former slave.Over three months, Cudjo shared heart-rending memories of his childhood in Africa; the horrors of being captured - fifty years after slavery was outlawed - and held in the Ouidah barracoons for selection by American slavers; the harrowing ordeal of the Middle Passage aboard the Clotilda with over one hundred other souls; and the years he spent in slavery.Barracoon brings to life Cudjo's singular voice in an invaluable contribution to history and culture, a work as poignant as it is profound.
Barracoon features in the following genres: True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Slavery and abolition of slavery
Paperback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Barracoon was written by Zora Neale Hurston and published by HQ an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Barracoon has 208 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.