Last Slave Ship Has Selma-Dallas Co. Connection
John Crear of Selma is the grandson of Matilda McCrear -- the last known survivor of the last known slave ship -- the Clotilda.
Source: alabamanews.net
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Milwaukee artist Khari Turner uses locally sourced water in paintings
Artist Khari Turner, a Milwaukee native, uses naturally sourced water from places of Black history in his paintings.
Source: jsonline.com
Out of Our Past: 1881 Richmond Item 'reported' parody about a missionary
The May 23, 1881, Richmond Item carried a story akin to the parody style of Mark Twain.
Source: pal-item.com
Alabama shipwreck holds key for kin of enslaved Africans
MOBILE, Ala. -- Keys to the past and the future of a community descended from enslaved Africans lie in a river bottom on Alabama's Gulf Coast, where the remains of the last known U.S. slave ship rest a few miles from what's left of the village built by the newly freed people after the Civil War.
Source: texarkanagazette.com
Alabama shipwreck holds key for kin of enslaved Africans
A crew working on the Alabama coast is assessing the remains of the last slave ship known to have landed in the United States, more than 160 years ago. The research could help determine the future of descendants of the enslaved Africans who still live in the Alabama today
Source: africanews.com