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Middle passage, by Charles Johnson

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Middle passage, by Charles Johnson
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Middle passage
Oclc number
52333578
Responsibility statement
by Charles Johnson
Series statement
Griot audio
Summary
Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave travels to New Orleans only to discover that nothing but misery awaits him in the big city. As he contemplates his life, he decides that the sea holds his interest and boards the first available ship that sets sail. Soon he learns that he has boarded a slave ship enrote to Africa to collect members of a legendary tribe. The voyage is harrowing, but seeing the captured men shackled and imprisoned drives him to insanity. What follows could cost him his life
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