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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
3 reviews
fkshg8465's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Upgrading to a five. The book itself wasn’t especially compelling, but I could feel it changing me on some celular level to read it. I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone else.
The depth of his loneliness almost broke me, but it took me some time to get there. He’s so matter of fact in his telling, but then again, I wish I could’ve heard his actual voice. That would’ve made a huge difference in how I imbibed this book.
My only fear from this experience is that there will be others out there who read it and walk away thinking and saying, pointing to his words, that not all slave masters were horrible people. That is a lie I’d hate to see perpetuated, because no matter how kind they might’ve been, they still only had slaves because they lacked respect for the dignity of these African lives and refused them any agency.
The depth of his loneliness almost broke me, but it took me some time to get there. He’s so matter of fact in his telling, but then again, I wish I could’ve heard his actual voice. That would’ve made a huge difference in how I imbibed this book.
My only fear from this experience is that there will be others out there who read it and walk away thinking and saying, pointing to his words, that not all slave masters were horrible people. That is a lie I’d hate to see perpetuated, because no matter how kind they might’ve been, they still only had slaves because they lacked respect for the dignity of these African lives and refused them any agency.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Slavery, Body horror, Death, and Gun violence
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.0
I thought the introduction was really interesting, but I'm not sure why I had a hard time getting into the story. It's very possible that I would like this more at a more focused time in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, Classism, and Racism
Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, and Confinement
Minor: Gaslighting, Murder, Gore, Abandonment, and Genocide
muchadoaboutliz's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Slavery, Death, Child death, Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, and Bullying
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