Cudjo's Own Story of the Last African Slaver

The book features Zora Neale Hurston's groundbreaking discovery of one of the last surviving captives from the final slave ship to the U.S., made approximately 60 years post-abolition. As a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston conducted interviews with the survivor, which faced challenges in publication during the 1930s. This reprint includes her original article from 1927, marking her first published work, and provides a vital historical account that was later included in the 2018 release, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo."