Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast 7-29 Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo.”

7-29 Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo.”

Published: July 27, 2018, 9:25 p.m.

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Deborah G. Plant, editor of Zora Neale Hurston’s new book Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo" the true story of Cudjo "Kossola" Lewis, an Alabama man believed to be the last living person captured in Africa and brought to America on a slave ship.

WHYY AND THE LITERARY CAFE CELEBRATE
The Great American Read with Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” written by Zora Neale Hurston edited by Deborah G. Plant takes place:

Tuesday, July 31, 2018
6:00-8:00PM (Doors open at 5:30PM)
150 North 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106