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The last slave ship : the true story of how Clotilda was found, her descendants, and an extraordinary reckoning

Raines, Ben (author.).

Summary: "The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day--by the journalist who discovered the ship's remains."--

Record details

ISBN: 1982136049
ISBN: 9781982136048
Physical Description: xvii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The bet -- The voyage of the Clotilda -- The King of the Amazons -- Captured -- Barracoon -- Into the canebreak -- Five years a slave -- An African town -- Africatown-the fall -- Finding Clotilda -- Finding a future in the past -- Reconciliation -- Coda.