Julius S. Scott’s classic work reveals that in the 18th century, Africans both free and enslaved by the European powers were in constant, underground communication with each other in the Caribbean as Revolution in France turned to the Americans.
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo.” Zora Neale Hurston. Edited by Deborah G. Plant. Foreword by Alice Walker. Amistad, 208 pp., $24.99. Reviewed by Todd Steven Burroughs Keeping your true name. Keeping your customs. Building your home. Building a community. Zora Neale Hurston of all-Black Eatonville, Fla., understood this African combination of self-respect…
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