In 'Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo",' Zora Neale Hurston recounts the harrowing life and times of Cudjo Lewis, one of the final survivors of the transatlantic slave trade. Drawn from Hurston's interviews with Lewis in the late 1920s, this work confronts the brutal realities of slavery through Lewis's own voice. Recorded in vivid detail, the narrative spans his childhood in Africa, the traumatic abduction and horrific journey known as the Middle Passage, to the years of enslavement in America. Hurston, with her characteristic linguistic mastery and profound empathy, translates Cudjo's story into a moving and sociologically significant document that offers a deeply personal view into the legacy of slavery and its enduring impact on American history and culture.