African Town by Charles Waters & Irene Latham / Hardcover or Paperback - NEW BOOK Book Type:Hardcover

African Town by Charles Waters & Irene Latham / Hardcover or Paperback - NEW BOOK Book Type:HardcoverBOOK SYNOPSIS Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel in verse In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the

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to deal with life's challenges--how to get relative with the inevitable--you can enjoy a state of success I call "catching greenlights

Having nearly derailed herself several times

and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin's new husband

has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily

in his home in rural Warwickshire

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Each entry has liner notes that underscore the album's musical highlights and accompanying Side A and Side B cocktail recipes that complement the music's mood

and Jake and Mallory form a bond that will persevere - through marriage

and emotive

But then a virus that felt worlds away has appeared in the city