{"product_id":"the-survivors-of-the-clotilda-the-lost-stories-of-the-last-captives-of-the-american-slave-trade-1","title":"The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNAMED A TOP BOOK OF 2024 BY AMAZON AND\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Hannah Durkin lets the enslaved speak for themselves, and they tell a story not only of unimaginable suffering but also of courage and survival.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Survivors of the Clotilda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a comprehensive account of one of the most important parts of American history, is a triumph.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A welcome history of defiance and survival.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJoining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Zora Neale Hurston’s rediscovered classic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBarracoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, an immersive and revelatory history of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eClotilda,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors—the last documented survivors of any slave ship—whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClotilda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the last slave ship to land on American soil, docked in Mobile Bay, Alabama, in July 1860—more than half a century after the passage of a federal law banning the importation of captive Africans, and nine months before the beginning of the Civil War. The last of its survivors lived well into the twentieth century. They were the last witnesses to the final act of a terrible and significant period in world history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this epic work, Dr. Hannah Durkin tells the stories of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClotilda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s 110 captives, drawing on her intensive archival, historical, and sociological research. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Survivors of the Clotilda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows their lives from their kidnappings in what is modern-day Nigeria through a terrifying 45-day journey across the Middle Passage; from the subsequent sale of the ship’s 103 surviving children and young people into slavery across Alabama to the dawn of the Civil Rights movement in Selma; from the foundation of an all-Black African Town (later Africatown) in Northern Mobile—an inspiration for writers of the Harlem Renaissance, including Zora Neale Hurston—to the foundation of the quilting community of Gee’s Bend—a Black artistic circle whose cultural influence remains enormous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn astonishing, deeply compelling tapestry of history, biography, and social commentary, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Survivors of the Clotilda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tour de force that deepens our knowledge and understanding of the Black experience and of America and its tragic past. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Survivors of the Clotilda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes 30 artworks and photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hannah Durkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45497131663536,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/81flr48F_jL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785576442","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/the-survivors-of-the-clotilda-the-lost-stories-of-the-last-captives-of-the-american-slave-trade-1","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}