Ask a Bookseller: A new exploration of America's last slave ship and its legacy
Jake Reiss of The Alabama Booksmith near Birmingham, Ala., is looking forward to the publication of a nonfiction book on Jan. 25 that he says is sure to spark conversation. The new book by journalist Ben Raines describes its scope in the title: "The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning."In 1859 or 1860, 50 years after the Atlantic slave trade was made illegal, a wealthy Alabama plantation owner funded passage of the Clotilda, the last known ship to transport captured West African men and women to the state, where they were…
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