This author's unpublished 1931 manuscript Barracoon told the story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last slaves brought to America from Africa. This author was living in Haiti, researching voodoo, when she wrote her most famous novel about the protagonist Janie Crawford. Janie marries Logan Killicks, whom she leaves for the opportunistic Jody Starks, who dies of a kidney ailment, prompting Janie to meet her final husband Vergible Woods, known as Tea Cake. For 10 points, name this author, who wrote the 1937 work Their Eyes Were Watching God.
a) Maya Angelou
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Toni Morrison
d) Alice Walker

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