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May 2, 2018

Smithsonian Magazine on Barracoon

Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ Tells the Story of the Slave Trade’s Last Survivor

Published eight decades after it was written, the new book offers a first-hand account of a Middle Passage journey

Read more at Smithsonian magazine

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  • The Last Slave (with excerpt of Barracoon)
  • Widespread coverage of the release of Barracoon
  • Zora Neale Hurston’s Long-Unpublished Barracoon Finds Its Place After Decades of Delay
  • Barracoon Tells The Story Of The Last Slave In First Person
  • Event: Between the Lines: Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo,” May 8th 2018
  • Deborah Plant on Barracoon
  • Barracoon and Slave Old Man Approach the Trauma of Slavery With Care and Kinship
  • Smithsonian Magazine on Barracoon
  • A Work by Zora Neale Hurston Will Finally Be Published
  • Descendants’ Stories of the Clotilda Slave Ship Drew Doubts. Now Some See Validation.
  • Wreckage of Last Known Slave Ship in U.S. May Have Been Found
  • Celebrating 75 Years
  • 2012 Zora Neale Hurston Award winner announced!
  • Harper Perennial and the Zora Neale Hurston Trust sign a new exclusive deal
  • Zora Neale Hurston on PBS!
  • Happy Zora Neale Hurston Day, Florida!
  • Reading about Haiti
  • Happy Birthday Zora!
  • Gearing up for the annual Zora Festivals!
  • Eatonville, Florida meets Eastonville D.C.
  • Zadie Smith writes about Zora Neale Hurston

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