Barracoon - The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Deborah Plant discussed Zora Neale Hurston’s 2018 New York Times bestseller, Barracoon. The book is a record of Ms. Hurston’s interviews bet… read more

Deborah Plant discussed Zora Neale Hurston’s 2018 New York Times bestseller, Barracoon. The book is a record of Ms. Hurston’s interviews between 1927 and 1931 of Cudjo Kossola Lewis, a survivor of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to make the transatlantic voyage from West Africa. Ms. Plant, the book’s editor, was the keynote speaker at the “Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival,” a reunion of descendants of the slave ship Clotilda who founded the Africatown neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama. close

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Location:
Mobile, Alabama, United States
First Aired:
Jun 27, 2020 | 2:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:
Aug 03, 2021 | 6:20am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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  • Jun 27, 2020 | 2:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jun 28, 2020 | 6:03am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Dec 08, 2020 | 10:31pm EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Dec 09, 2020 | 3:30am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Dec 09, 2020 | 8:43am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 02, 2021 | 10:30am EDT | C-SPAN 3
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  • Aug 02, 2021 | 8:25pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 03, 2021 | 1:24am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 03, 2021 | 6:20am EDT | C-SPAN 3
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