The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade

by Hannah Durkin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063072998
• ISBN13: 9780063072992
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Amistad Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"