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What was "Barracoon" about?

  • Civil War

  • Last "Black Cargo"

  • Slavery abolition

  • African kingdoms

Answer

"Barracoon" recounts the horrors of the last known "Black Cargo" voyage, where enslaved Africans were illegally transported to the United States in the mid-19th century. It sheds light on this dark chapter in American history and the atrocities faced by those individuals during the transatlantic slave trade.
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