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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
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Author:
Ben Raines
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Date:
January 25, 2022
The 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 dayâby the journalist who discovered the shipâs remains.
What The Reviewers Say
The gripping and affecting book tells several stories, and Raines deftly weaves them into a tight, propulsive narrative.
... perceptive.
The book makes some missteps.
Raines weaves together the many complex strands of the Clotilda’s history to compelling effect, including the ways in which its discovery has impacted the descendants of the ship’s survivors.
