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,...
Alabama--Mobile
-
Author:Durkin, HannahSummary: - Author:Raines, Ben.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...
-
Author:Quarles, AngelaSummary:Jack the Ripper might be in town. But is marriage more terrifying? In an alternate Deep South in 1890, society reporter Adele de la Pointe wants to make her own way in the world, despite her family’s pressure to become a society wife....
- Author:Hurston, Zora NealeSummary:
Barracoon désigne les bâtiments utilisés pour le confinement des Africains destinés à être vendus et exportés vers l'Europe et les Amériques. Ces bâtiments allaient du modeste « abri à esclaves » aux imposantes « maisons...
