Where "Barracoon" Fits in the Long Legacy of Slave Narratives

Guests: Matthew Mason, PhD, Professor of History, Brigham Young University; Kristin L. Matthews, PhD, Professor of English, Brigham Young University The new book “Barracoon” tells the story of Cudjo Lewis, who was kidnapped from his village in Africa and sold into slavery in Alabama. It was written by Zora Neale Hurston – the famous ethnographer and Harlem Renaissance novelist – but has only just been published posthumously. How does “Barracoon” fit in with the other slave narratives that shape our understanding of this time period?