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Cudjo Lewis

This person is at the center of the text entitled Barracoon. This person was abducted from his homeland, sold into slavery by a rival tribe in Africa, and brought to work as a slave on a plantation in Alabama. When this person was an old man, an esteemed author associated with the Harlem Renaissance movement endeavored to record this person's story for the education of future generations.

Zora Neale Hurston

This person wrote the book entitled Barracoon and her work associated with the Harlem Renaissance is part of the literary canon. This person worked hard to find patrons who would fund the endeavor, believing that it would be criminal to allow one of the last living former slaves in America to go to his grave without telling his story.

Dr. Franz Boas

This person funded the author's first set of interviews, which would later make up part...

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