His a man of firsts and lasts, Not only was he the last African born former slave to live well into the 1900's, He came on the last documented slave ship to come to North America but remarkably he is also the only known ex-slave who was born on African soil to be captured on film.
![image showing Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis, The last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and North America, Early 1900's [617x800]](97387c3d-e170-567a-9b80-95666c95037f.jpg)
cyclefreaksix on December 8th, 2017 at 02:27 UTC »
Those hands have seen a lot of hard work.
MissRockNerd on December 8th, 2017 at 04:59 UTC »
How old was he when he came to America ? I wonder if he remembered or told anyone about his journey. I hope he had a good life after emancipation.
Nauticabud on December 8th, 2017 at 05:12 UTC »
His a man of firsts and lasts, Not only was he the last African born former slave to live well into the 1900's, He came on the last documented slave ship to come to North America but remarkably he is also the only known ex-slave who was born on African soil to be captured on film.
First clip is old man Cudjoe himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtPrN-zYZc4