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Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" Cover Image Book Book

Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited by Deborah G. Plant ; foreword by Alice Walker.

Hurston, Zora Neale, (author.). Plant, Deborah G., 1956- (editor.). Walker, Alice, 1944- (writer of foreword.). Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062748203
  • ISBN: 9780062748201
  • ISBN: 006286436X
  • ISBN: 9780008297664
  • ISBN: 0008297665
  • ISBN: 9780062864369
  • Physical Description: xxviii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171).
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword : Those who love us never leave us alone with our grief: reading Barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo" / by Alice Walker -- Introduction -- Barracoon : Preface -- Introduction -- The king arrives -- Barracoon -- Slavery -- Freedom -- Marriage -- Kossula learns about law -- Alone -- Appendix : Takkoi or Attako: children's game ; Stories Kossula told me ; The monkey and the camel ; Story of de Jonah ; Now disa Abraham fadda de faitful ; The lion woman -- Afterword and additional materials / edited by Deborah G. Plant -- Founders and original residents of Africatown -- Glossary.

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