02867cam a2200445 i 4500 1164940372 TxAuBib 20220304120000.0 210907s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021042307 9781982136048 hardcover 1982136049 hardcover (OCoLC)1268120277 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF YDX BDX JTB IH9 LJW GL4 OCLCA KUA TCH YDX CDX ILC VP@ MTG UOK TxAuBib rda Raines, Ben, author. 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. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022. ©2022. xvii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index. The bet -- The voyage of the Clotilda -- The King of the Amazons -- Captured -- Barracoon -- Into the canebreak -- Five years a slave -- An African town -- Africatown--the fall -- Finding Clotilda -- Finding a future in the past -- Reconciliation -- Coda. Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide evidence of the crime, allowing the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite numerous efforts to find the sunken wreck over the next 160 years, it wasn't found until 2019. Raines, who uncovered one of our nation's most important historical artifacts, recounts the ship's perilous journey, the story of its rediscovery, and its complex legacy. Against all odds, Africatown, the Alabama community founded by the captives of the Clotilda, prospered in the Jim Crow South. Raines tells the epic tale of one community's triumphs over great adversity and a celebration of the power of human curiosity to uncover the truth about our past and heal its wounds. -- adapted from jacket. 20220304. Clotilda (Ship.) Slavery Alabama Mobile History 19th century. Slave trade Alabama Mobile History 19th century. West Africans Alabama History 19th century. Slaves Alabama Mobile Biography. Shipwrecks Alabama Mobile River. African Americans Alabama Mobile History. Africatown (Ala) History. TXKIP