Title |
Dreams of Africa in Alabama the slave ship Clotilda and the story of the last Africans brought to America
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Names |
Diouf, Sylviane A.
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Book Number |
DB068627
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Narrates the fate of one hundred ten West African captives smuggled into the United States during the summer of 1860--less than a year before the start of the Civil War. Discusses their years of captivity, post-war emancipation, and establishment of Africatown, Alabama. Some violence and some strong language. 2007.
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Narrator |
Moore, Bob.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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History - HST
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History, United States - HUS
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History, U.S. - 19th Century - HUN
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Black Interest - BLK
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African American concern - AFRAM
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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Contains strong language.
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Contains violence.
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LC Subject |
Slave trade - Alabama - Mobile - History - 19th century
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Slave trade - United States - History - 19th century
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Slavery - Alabama - History - 19th century
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Slaves - Alabama - Biography
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Slaves - Alabama - History - 19th century
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West Africans - Alabama - Biography
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West Africans - Alabama - History - 19th century
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Mobile (Ala.) - Race relations - History - 19th century
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Mobile (Ala.) - Social conditions - 19th century
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Call Number |
306.3620899660761 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2007
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2007 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. 9780195311044
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