The Survivors of the Clotilda
The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xix, 412 pages, 16 pages unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"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 survivors-the last documented survivors of any slave ship-whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Maps -- The Clotilda Africans -- A note on the spelling of names -- Kidnap -- The conpiracy -- The coast -- The sea -- Arrival -- the river -- The black belt -- The capital -- African town -- Reunion -- Burials -- Gee's bend -- Cocolocco -- The courthouse.
Subjects:
Clotilda (Ship)
Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- Biography.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Human trafficking -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
West Africans -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Mobile (Ala.) -- History -- 19th century.
Africatown (Ala.) -- Biography.
Clotilda (Ship)
Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- Biography.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Human trafficking -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
West Africans -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.
Mobile (Ala.) -- History -- 19th century.
Africatown (Ala.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780063072992
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/6/2024) |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Ballentine Indoors | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/24/2024) |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Blythewood | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/30/2024) |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Cooper (Forest Acres) | New, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Sandhills Indoors | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/6/2024) |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Southeast | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Dur | Wheatley (Shandon) | New, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-392) and index.