Dreams of Africa in Alabama : the slave ship Clotilda and the story of the last Africans brought to America / Sylviane A. Diouf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diouf, Sylviane A. (Sylviane Anna), 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Alabama--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

West Africans--Alabama--History--19th century.

West Africans.

Enslaved persons--Alabama--Biography.

West Africans--Alabama--Biography.

Slavery--Alabama--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Clotilda (Ship).

Slave trade--Alabama--Mobile--History--19th century.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--United States--History--19th century.

History.

Mobile (Ala.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Mobile (Ala.).

Mobile (Ala.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

United States.

Alabama--Mobile.

Alabama.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This riveting books tells the fascinating story of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring African slaves to America, the shameful antecedents to the incident and the unusual and inspiring aftermath. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, the book brings to light a little-known yet vitally important element to this troubled aspect of US history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-328) and index.

ISBN:

9780195311044

0195311043

OCLC:

77572723