Nation ‘Barracoon’: The story of the last slave cargo, in the words of a survivor March 29, 2019April 3, 2019 Lottie Joiner, Special to USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Barracoon’: The story of the last slave cargo, in the words of a survivor Stolen from his country and enslaved, he told writer Zora Neale Hurston his remarkable story in 1927. Her book has only recently been published.