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""A sweeping history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land in America. . . . Durkin's in-depth view is based largely on the survivors' own words and perspectives (some lived into the 20th century and related their stories to various writers, most notably Zora Neale Hurston), and is woven together with her extensive archival research. It's a stirring saga of resilience that sheds new light on Black life in postbellum America."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""[Durkin] cuts through the myths around this notorious story while keeping a tight focus on the 103 surviving young adults and children, whose lives were forever changed by displacement, family separation and enslavement....This authoritative work will be appreciated by anyone looking for a comprehensive account of one of history's most infamous moments."" -- BookPage ""A welcome history of defiance and survival."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""The Survivors of the Clotilda, a comprehensive account of one of the most important parts of American history, is a triumph."" -- Booklist (starred review) ""A highly recommended sweeping saga. Based on a rich archive that includes the survivors' own stories, one of which became the basis for Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon, this title provides a human history of enslaved people and a portrait of the postbellum South."" -- Library Journal (starred review) ""In The Survivors of the Clotilda, the historian Hannah Durkin lets the enslaved speak for themselves, and they tell a story not only of unimaginable suffering but also of courage and survival."" -- Wall Street Journal ""In recent years, British historian Hannah Durkin has made headlines with her discoveries about survivors of the slave ship Clotilda. Now she has delivered a landmark book mapping out not just a handful of such stories, but an entire tragic diaspora. . . . The latest addition to the growing shelf of literature on the Clotilda will be eye-opening even for anyone who has read every preceding work."" -- AL.com ""Without a doubt the best book ever written about that voyage and its afterlives."" -- Times Literary Supplement (London)

""The Survivors of the Clotilda, a comprehensive account of one of the most important parts of American history, is a triumph."" -- Booklist (starred review) ""A sweeping history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land in America....Durkin's in-depth view is based largely on the survivors' own words and perspectives (some lived into the 20th century and related their stories to various writers, most notably Zora Neale Hurston), and is woven together with her extensive archival research. It's a stirring saga of resilience that sheds new light on Black life in postbellum America."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""A highly recommended sweeping saga. Based on a rich archive that includes the survivors' own stories, one of which became the basis for Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon, this title provides a human history of enslaved people and a portrait of the postbellum South."" -- Library Journal (starred review) ""A welcome history of defiance and survival."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""In The Survivors of the Clotilda, the historian Hannah Durkin lets the enslaved speak for themselves, and they tell a story not only of unimaginable suffering but also of courage and survival."" -- Wall Street Journal ""[Durkin] cuts through the myths around this notorious story while keeping a tight focus on the 103 surviving young adults and children, whose lives were forever changed by displacement, family separation and enslavement....This authoritative work will be appreciated by anyone looking for a comprehensive account of one of history's most infamous moments."" -- BookPage ""In recent years, British historian Hannah Durkin has made headlines with her discoveries about survivors of the slave ship Clotilda. Now she has delivered a landmark book mapping out not just a handful of such stories, but an entire tragic diaspora....The latest addition to the growing shelf of literature on the Clotilda will be eye-opening even for anyone who has read every preceding work."" -- AL.com ""[The Survivors of the Clotilda] is without a doubt the best book ever written about that voyage and its afterlives."" -- Times Literary Supplement (London)

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Dr. Hannah Durkin is a historian specializing in transatlantic slavery and African diasporic art and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Nottingham and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from Leeds Trinity University. She has taught at Nottingham and Newcastle universities, and recently served as a Guest Researcher at Linnaeus University in Sweden. She is an advisor to the History Museum of Mobile, which is working to memorialize the Clotilda survivors, and was the keynote speaker at Africatown's 2021 Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival founded by the Clotilda Descendants Association. She is the recipient of more than a dozen academic prizes, including a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship. She lives in the southeast of England.

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