Śmierć człowieka skomodyfikowanego we wspomnieniach „ostatniego czarnego ładunku”. Barracoon Zory Neale Hurston

Abstract

The author of this paper examines Cudjo “Kossola” Lewis’ memoir, written down by Zora Neale Hurston in 'Barracoon: The Story of the Last „Black Cargo”', in the context of Stephanie "Smallwood’s Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage From Africa to American Diaspora" to describe the process of commodification of Cudjo and Africans who arrived in the USA in 1860 onboard "Clotilda", the last known slave ship. The author analyzes the subsequent phases of changing Kossola’s subjective status and social death in Africa and the country of forced emigration. Also, the article presents Kossola's means for integrating into America's social structure following Emancipation.

Keywords

• Cudjo Kossola Lewis; Zora Neale Hurston; "Barracoon"; Clotilda; Middle Passage; commodification; social death