Deborah G Plant

Sort by

1) Barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo"

Author

Hurston, Zora Neale

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

Read Description

"In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave...

2) Of greed and glory: in pursuit of freedom for all

Author

Plant, Deborah G

Publisher

Amistad

Pub. Date

2024.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

277 pages ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American's personal sovereignty. And yet, millions...