Hannah Durkin

Author

Hannah Durkin is a British academic, historian, and author who specialises in the history of the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies. Survivors is her remarkable work uncovering the stories of the last known survivors of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to arrive in the United States in 1860. Durkin's painstaking research... recovers the lives and voices of people who were long overlooked by history. Her audiobook and book is important, deeply moving listening and reading for anyone interested in the history of slavery, African American history, and the ongoing work of recovering silenced voices from the past. Read more Show less