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The exhibition in Mobile, Ala., illustrates how the Clotilda illegally transported 110 captive people from Africa in 1860 and what became of them after they were later freed.
The exhibition opens on the 163rd anniversary of the 110 Africans’ arrival in Mobile, Alabama. On Saturday, the Africatown Heritage […] The post ‘Clotilda: The Exhibition’ chronicles America’s last known ship carrying enslaved people appeared first on TheGrio.
Film screening, panel discussion highlight environmental impacts in South Alabama town
The story of an illegal slave ship brought to Alabama and the descendants of its captives is front and center today. A two-day lecture at Troy University is focusing on the discovery the Clotilda and the significance of the Africatown community.
APR News Director Pat Duggins will discuss the newsroom’s nine month investigation into preserving slave cemeteries in Alabama as part of a discussion about slavery in the state. The event takes place at the GulfQuest Maritime Museum in Mobile, tomorrow at 10 a.m.