#cudjolewis

[cartermagazine]

Today We Honor Oluale Kossola, Renamed Cudjo Lewis Zora Neale Hurston tells the story of Cudjo Lewis, who was born Oluale Kossola in what is now the West African country of Benin in her book “Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo.” A member of the Yoruba people, he was only 19 years old when members of the neighboring Dahomian tribe invaded his village, captured him along with others, and marched them to the coast. There, he and about 120 others were sold into slavery, after the “Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves" took effect in 1808 slavery was abolished, and crammed onto the Clotilda, the “last” slave ship to reach the continental United States. The Clotilda brought its captives to Alabama in 1860, just a year before the outbreak of the Civil War. Even though slavery was legal at that time in the U.S., the international slave trade was not, and hadn’t been for over 50 years. Along with many European nations, the U.S. had outlawed the practice in 1808. After being abducted from his home, Lewis was forced onto a ship with strangers. The abductees spent several months together during the treacherous passage to the United States, but were then separated in Alabama to go to different owners. “We very sorry to be parted from one ’nother,” Lewis told Hurston. “We seventy days cross de water from de Affica soil, and now dey part us from one ’nother.” “Derefore we cry. Our grief so heavy look lak we cain stand it. I think maybe I die in my sleep when I dream about my mama.” “We doan know why we be bring ’way from our country to work lak dis,” he told Hurston. “Everybody lookee at us strange. We want to talk wid de udder colored folkses but dey doan know whut we say.” Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered in April 1865, Lewis says that a group of Union soldiers stopped by a boat on which he and other enslaved people were working and told them they were free. He and a group of 31 other freepeople saved up money to buy land near Mobile, which they called Africatown. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #cudjolewis #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CkViP5vuxtp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[harperbooks]

Barracoon is now a New York Times bestseller! 🎉🥂 We are thrilled that Zora Neale Hurston’s legacy lives on in this essential account of one man’s life that is so telling of our humanity and our history. . . #barracoon #zoranealehurston #newyorktimesbestseller #americanhistory #cudjolewis #olualekossola #blackwomenwriters #blackwriters #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks

[scribesandvibes]

#youknowthevibes / #onyxeditionschallenge: #BOOKSCOMEINALLCOLORS when you #shopscribesandvibes! Take 10% off of this beautiful display of #OlualeKossola [#CudjoLewis] and #BlackResilience with promo code FINDYOURTRIBE.⁠ ⁠ #scribesandvibes • #adultnonfiction • #weallneeddifferentbookstolove • #blackwritersmatter • #findyourtribe • #onyxeditions • #blackbookstagram ⁠ ・・・⁠ #blackoutthebestsellerlist #bookcrush 📚😍: #BARRACOON: The Story of the Last #BlackCargo, written by #ZoraNealeHurston, edited by #DeborahGPlant, forward by #AliceWalker https://www.instagram.com/p/CRDZ3Cfr5i6/?utm_medium=tumblr

[debthelibrarian]

On the way home with my copy! #Barracoon, by #ZoraNealeHurston #AGeniusOfTheSouth #oralhistory #atlanticslavetrade #spiritualgodmother #myspiritualgodmother #cudjolewis #kossola #history

[hellokyleec]

The Reading & Discussion Guide for Barracoon is now LIVE #ontheblog! #linkinbio • • Here’s one question I asked: Was the experience of reading in dialect difficult for you? Did it make Cudjo feel more or less believable to you? Why? Let me know what you thought in the comments below! We’ll be getting into more questions over the weekend! • • #literaryblackgirl #litblkgrl #blackgirlsread #wellreadblackgirl #blackstories #literacy #reading #barracoon #zoranealehurston #slavenarratives #freedom #cudjolewis

[goldenchildent]

The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s. It Just Surfaced Cudjo Lewis, the last surviving captive of the last slave ship to bring Africans to the U.S. (Credit: Erik Overbey Collection, The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama) Roughly 60 years after the abolition of slavery, anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston made an incredible connection: She located the last surviving captive of the last slave ship to bring Africans to the United States. Hurston, a known figure of the Harlem Renaissance who would later write the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, conducted interviews with the survivor but struggled to publish them as a book in the early 1930s. In fact, they are only now being released to the public in a book called Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” that comes out on May 8, 2018. Hurston’s book tells the story of Cudjo Lewis, who was born in what is now the West African country of Benin. Originally named Kossula, he was only 19 years old when members of the neighboring Dahomian tribe captured him and took him to the coast. There, he and about 120 others were sold into slavery and crammed onto the Clotilda, the last slave ship to reach the continental United States. The Clotilda brought its captives to Alabama in 1860, just a year before the outbreak of the Civil War. Even though slavery was legal at that time in the U.S., the international slave trade was not, and hadn’t been for over 50 years. Along with many European nations, the U.S. had outlawed the practice in 1807, but Lewis’ journey is an example of how slave traders went around the law to continue bringing over human cargo. To avoid detection, Lewis’ captors snuck him and the other survivors into Alabama at night and made them hide in a swamp for several days. To hide the evidence of their crime, the 86-foot sailboat was then set ablaze on the banks of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta (its remains may have been uncovered in January 2018). Most poignantly, Lewis’ narrative provides a first-hand account of the disorienting trauma of slavery. After being abducted from his home, Lewis was forced onto a ship with strangers. #cudjolewis

[laileanah]

Today's audio book and crochet selection is #barracoon by #zoranealehurston This title is available to purchase as an ebook from #kindle and #googlebooks for $12.99 This title is also available as an audio book from #googlebooks for $14.99 and #audible for ☆$14.36☆ This title is not currently available on #hoopla or #overdrive This is haunting and beautifully written. I purchased the digutal book from kindle bundled with the audiobook. I love #robinmiles narration but I've still found myself reading this more than listening to it. This is a truly unique interview/biography. We have so few records from this time period that are directly from the lips of an enslaved person and handled by a trained anthropologist. These are #CudjoLewis own words and it is hard reading but glorious.

[harperbooks]

On this #Juneteenth when we celebrate the end of slavery in the U.S., we remember why stories like #Barracoon are so important then and even now. . . #zoranealehurston #cudjolewis #olualekossola #slavery #slavetrade #africa #blackhistory #blackwriters #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks

[harperbooks]

These advance reader’s editions of #Barracoon couldn’t have come at a better time in celebration of Black History Month. This never-before-published work from the legendary Zora Neale Hurston tells the true story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade. On sale May 8th, but you can pre-order now! . . #zoranealehurston #blackhistorymonth #cudjolewis #amistadbooks #igreads #bookstagram