The Last Slave Ship

 Unsure where I first heard of this book.  Nevertheless, I have been engulfed in it.

Certainly, a tale of what was the last slave ship to arrive on American soil, the Clotilda. But more then that.  The book centers on the lives of the African men and women captured in what is now Benin, their voyage to America in a slaver just before the Civil War, and their creation of Africa Town after the wars end.

A personal glimpse of Cudjo, one of the leaders of the group and who lived well into his 90s as the oldest survivor of the Clotilda.

Beautifully written even if at times the contents describe the inhumanity of slavery.  In some ways, comparable to Alex Haley's Roots.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Last-Slave-Ship/Ben-Raines/9781982136154