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Cudjoe Lewis
Born: 1840
Died: 1935 (aged 95)
Bio: Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis, or Cudjo Lewis, was the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States. Together with 115 other captives, he was brought illegally to the United States on board the ship Clotilde in 1860.