Barracoon: The Study of the Last “Black Cargo”, by Zora Neal Hurston

In Barracoon, we learn of the experience of a man who lived across one century and two continents. Cudjo’s life was marked, repeatedly and relentlessly, by loss: of his homeland, of his humanity, of his given name, of his family. For decades, his entire life story, from his perspective and in his voice, was lost, but with the publication of Barracoon, it is finally restored.