Description
In the late 1920s, Zora Neale Hurston travels to Plateau, Alabama to record the life story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last living witnesses to the Atlantic slave trade. Through Hurston’s attentive, compassionate listening and Cudjo’s vivid, distinctive voice, the narrative traces his capture, confinement in a barracoon, and the brutal realities of the Middle Passage aboard the Clotilda—followed by the long struggle to survive slavery in America. More than a historical account, this book confronts the enduring psychological and cultural damage of enslavement while illuminating resilience, memory, and the power of testimony. Hurston’s landmark literary style—grounded in vernacular speech and human immediacy—turns a singular life into a profound lens on national history and its unfinished reckoning.
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paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2004
100 pages
ISBN: 9780060921705
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Unknown
Published May 8, 2018
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First Published
2018
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston.