Library and bpl presents the libraries arts and culture team. Tonight i am thrilled to welcome ben raines author of the new book the last slave ship the true story of how katilda was found her descendants and an extraordinary reckoning. It is rains who in 2019 discovered the infamous ship which brought the last enslaved africans to america and then disappeared for 160 years. The book is a powerful timely narrative described by the washington informer as an actionpacked. Whip smart true account thats filled with science history and compassion. Rains conversation partner tonight is professional professor schwande mustachean. So before i introduced the two of them, i have a few very quick notes first. We are going to put in the chat a link to the website of a local brooklyn bookstore the Community Bookstore so that you can easily with a click or two explore the book and purchase it if youre so inclined. Second like all of our talks you have the option to use closed captioning. That button
Which brought the last enslaved africans to america and then disappeared for 160 years. The book is a powerful timely narrative described by the washington informer as an actionpacked. Whip smart true account thats filled with science history and compassion. Rains conversation partner tonight is professional professor schwande mustachean. So before i introduced the two of them, i have a few very quick notes first. We are going to put in the chat a link to the website of a local brooklyn bookstore the Community Bookstore so that you can easily with a click or two explore the book and purchase it if youre so inclined. Second like all of our talks you have the option to use closed captioning. That button is at the bottom of your screen and finally in most importantly youre invited to share your questions tonight. Just type them into the q a box at the bottom of your screen and we will take as many as possible towards the end of the program. Now, let me say a word to about each of our gues
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