Finding America’s last-known slave ship — and confronting a monstrous past

Post Reports

EpisodeAug 2, 201917m

Finding America’s last-known slave ship — and confronting a monstrous past

Post Reports

EpisodeAug 2, 201917m

Nicole Ellis tells the story of the Clotilda, the last-known ship of the illegal slave trade in the U.S. And Oyinkan Braithwaite ruminates on the unexpected relatability of her novel, “My Sister, the Serial Killer.”

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