xix, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations, maps ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
1.African Americans--Alabama--Biography.2.Enslaved persons--Alabama--Biography.3.Enslaved persons--Alabama--History--19th century.4.Human trafficking--Alabama--History--19th century.5.Slave trade--United States--History--19th century.6.West Africans--Alabama--History--19th century.Dynamic Details