{"product_id":"africatown-americas-last-slave-ship-and-the-community-it-created-hardcover","title":"Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Tabor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn evocative and epic story, Nick Tabor's \u003ci\u003eAfricatown\u003c\/i\u003e charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here as slaves but nevertheless established a home for themselves and their descendants, a community which often thrived despite persistent racism and environmental pollution.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1860, a ship called the \u003ci\u003eClotilda\u003c\/i\u003e was smuggled through the Alabama Gulf Coast, carrying the last group of enslaved people ever brought to the U.S. from West Africa. Five years later, the shipmates were emancipated, but they had no way of getting back home. Instead they created their own community outside the city of Mobile, where they spoke Yoruba and appointed their own leaders, a story chronicled in Zora Neale Hurston's \u003ci\u003eBarracoon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat community, Africatown, has endured to the present day, and many of the community residents are the shipmates' direct descendants. After many decades of neglect and a Jim Crow legal system that targeted the area for industrialization, the community is struggling to survive. Many community members believe the pollution from the heavy industry surrounding their homes has caused a cancer epidemic among residents, and companies are eyeing even more land for development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, after the discovery of the remains of the \u003ci\u003eClotilda\u003c\/i\u003e in the riverbed nearby, a renewed effort is underway to create a living memorial to the community and the lives of the slaves who founded it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNICK TABOR is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, The Washington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003ci\u003eAfricatown\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.44 x 9.5 x 6.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765750989088,"sku":"9781250766540","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fab4e10ad606e4088d37a3ac150ca1b7.webp?v=1780278817","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/africatown-americas-last-slave-ship-and-the-community-it-created-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}