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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" is a non-fiction work by Zora Neale Hurston. It is based on her interviews in 1927 with Oluale Kossola (also known as Cudjoe Lewis) who was presumed to be the last survivor of the Middle Passage.
8 de may. de 2018 · Barracoon is a testament to the enormous losses millions of men, women and children endured in both slavery and freedom—a story of urgent relevance to every American, everywhere.” — Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Life on Mars and Wade in the Water
A new book by the Harlem Renaissance author tells the story of Cudjo Lewis, the last survivor of the Atlantic slave trade. Based on Hurston's interviews and anthropological research, the book reveals the horrors and injustices of slavery through his voice and dialect.
Cuenta la historia de aquel anciano, Kossola, a quien se suponía último superviviente del Clotilda, el último transporte de cautivos de África a Estados Unidos. Con apenas dieciocho años, Kossola, nacido en 1841, acababa de llegar a Banté, actual Benín. Iba a casarse. No pudo.
A barracoon (a corruption of Portuguese barracão, an augmentative form of the Catalan loanword barraca ('hut') through Spanish barracón [1]) is a type of barracks used historically for the internment of enslaved or criminal human beings.
8 de may. de 2018 · Both terrifying and wonderful, Barracoon is Zora Neale Hurston's long-unpublished account of her conversations with Cudjo Lewis, who was brought to America on the last...
24 de abr. de 2018 · Based on her interviews with Cudjo Lewis, the last survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, Zora Neale Hurston wrote this nonfiction book in 1931. It tells the story of Cudjo's life in Africa, his capture, his journey across the ocean, and his life in America as a slave and a freedman.
