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Low tide along the Mobile River allowed a never before documented sighting of the last known ship to bring slaves to the US: The Clotilda.Pictures were captured
The City of Mobile and its grant partners have scheduled a community meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24, regarding the ongoing EPA Brownfields Assessment in the Africa
The Clotilda, the last known U.S. slave ship, arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860 with 110 enslaved people. Travel journalist Natalie Preddie visits and reports on the opening of "Clotilda: The Exhibition" at the Africatown Heritage House.
Learn more about the origins of Africatown Heritage House, dedicated to ‘Clotilda’ survivors in Alabama, which also displays artifacts from the slave ship.
On July 8, 1860, 110 kidnapped West Africans were offloaded from the Clotilda in the Mobile River. 163 years later to the day, the Africatown Heritage House and “Clotilda: The Exhibition” opened to the public.