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Raines, Ben,

The last slave ship : the true story of how Clotilda was found, her descendants, and an extraordinary reckoning / Ben Raines. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xvii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.

Library Journal, December 01, 2021 Publishers Weekly, November 15, 2021 Kirkus Reviews, November 01, 2021 Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews

"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 discovered the ship's remains"--

ISBN: 1982136049 : $27.99

LCCN: 2021042307

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Clotilda (Ship)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--History--Alabama--Mobile--19th century.
Slave trade--History--Alabama--Mobile--19th century.
West Africans--History--Alabama--19th century.
Slaves--Alabama--Mobile--Biography.
Shipwrecks--Alabama--Mobile River.
African Americans--History.--Alabama--Mobile

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africatown (Ala.)--History.

LC Class. No.: E445.A3 / R35 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 306.36/20976122