Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis (c. 1841 – July 17, 1935), born Oluale Kossola, [1] and also known as Cudjo Lewis, was the third-to-last adult survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and …

Dec 8, 2021 · Cudjo Lewis died on July 17, 1935, at the age of 95, outliving his wife and all of his children by 27 years. His life is an intimate look at the horrors of the slave trade and how the …

Aug 21, 2024 · The man known as Cudjo Lewis (ca. 1841-1935) was one of the last survivors of the Clotilda, the last recorded slave ship to the United States, which arrived in Mobile on …

Dec 19, 2009 · Cudjo Lewis is considered the last survivor of the last slave ship to enter the United States. Born around 1841 to a Yoruba family in the Banté region of Dahomey (today …

May 3, 2018 · Zora Neale Hurston's searing book about Cudjo Lewis, brought to Alabama aboard the Clotilda—the last known US slave ship—took nearly 90 years to find a publisher.

Born Oluale Kossola, Cudjo Lewis was brought to the U.S. on the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to the Americas, enslaved until the end of the Civil War, and spent the rest of his life living …

Cudjo Lewis died July 17, 1935, and was buried at the Plateau Cemetery in Africatown. Since his death, his status as the last survivor of the Clotilda and the written record created by his …

The life of Cudjo Lewis is an interesting look at the slave trade and displays the rich cultures that were brought to the u.S. from Africa, and then stomped out through the cultural genocide that …

Cudjo Lewis was the last known survivor to arrive on the final slave ship to the United States. Through his life, he watched his world change in unimaginable ways, taking him from the …

May 8, 2018 · Cudjo Lewis was already known to those who cared about black history. He was the last known living person who could recount first-hand the experience of having been taken …