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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston

26 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

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fast-paced

5.0

Enjoyed this look into a man who was part of one of the last groups stolen from Africa to be a slave in the US. It was also heartbreaking and infuriating. Super quick too.

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elg1105's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

4.5


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dontquotekonthat's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0


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debaroh's review against another edition

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dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0


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lazy_raven's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I like that they kept the way he spoke original rather than whitewashing it

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snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0


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capp518's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced

3.75

Couldn’t give it 4 stars because only half of the book is Kossula’s story. It reads more like a piece of scholarly work than a novel, which may be my own fault for not researching the book better before reading. Overall though, this is a necessary read to get a first-had account of what enslaved people experienced because there are so few records from their perspectives out there. 

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labricoleuse's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a fascinating piece of ethnographic history. I’m glad I listened to the audiobook because I get why it is important to write an oral history in the dialect as spoken but I think it would have been difficult to understand. Hearing it was clearer I think. 

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tey_lynn's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5


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slefebvre95's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0


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