Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

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A hardcover book (2023.30.2a) with a dust jacket (2023.30.2b), “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo’” is a nonfiction book written by Zora Neale Hurston on the life of Oluale Kossola, or Cudjo Lewis, the third to last survivor of the Atlantic slave trade. The dust jacket is a beige color with black typeface, a black-and-white photograph of Kossola, and an image of a peach. From top to bottom, the typeface reads: [New York Times Bestseller / BARRACOON / The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” / Edited by / Deborah G. Plant / Foreword by / Alice Walker / ZORA NEALE / HURSTON / Author of Their Eyes Were Watching].

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