Thanks for being with us on cspan3s American History tv and let me begin with that question. Who was redoshi . Well, redoshi was a west african born women who very sadly was kidnapped in 1860 and is believed to be the last as far as we can tell, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. Its believed that she was yoruba, she was kidnapped in a slave raid. Possibly as young as 12 years old and she was taken. In the film, which we are about to see, just a brief glimpse of her and her name in the film is sally smith. Can you explain . Yes, so she was bought by a name called washington smith and he gave her his name, it appears that four survivors were bought by him and they all were given his name basically. And sally i guess its a diminutive, its sort of a name that you give to a child or to an animal, sort of his way of dehumanizing. And what was the clotillda . It was the last slave ship to reach the u. S. It was in 1860. It was for many years dismissed as a hoax, but archeolo
Glimpse of her and her name in the film is sally smith. Can you explain . Yes, so she was bought by a name called washington smith and he gave her his name, it appears that four survivors were bought by him and they all were given his name basically. And sally i guess its a diminutive, its sort of a name that you give to a child or to an animal, sort of his way of dehumanizing. And what was the clotillda. It was the last slave ship to reach the u. S. It was in 1860. It was for many years dismissed as a hoax, but archeologists actually discovered it in mobile bay just less than two months ago. Many of the survivors formed their own community in mobile known as africa town. Their descendants still live there today. And when you heard about that discovery in mobile, alabama, what was your initial thought and what can we learn from its artifacts . Yeah, well, its so important. It validates the experiences of survivors of the cotilda, it validates the stories of their descendants. Its a Poo
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Saying that you and didnt need terms of the deal, including removing barriers on russias exports, must go, came into pressure during a Security Council meeting on friday to discuss the threats of a potential global food crisis. For many of those 362000000 people, its also a mattress sadness or disappointment. Its a matter of threats to the future and the future of the children and their families then upset the angry. Theyre worried that can so someone will go hungry. Some will stop, many may die as a result of these decisions. Greece is facing what could be its how does july we can to nearly 50 years. We have the temperature is expected to soar to 45. 00 degrees celsius. The heat, combined with strong winds, have caused wildfire as near the capital athens, at least a 100 homes had been destroyed. At least 6 people have died after their boats sank off the coast of morocco local authorities in the Northeastern Region of the door. Providence reported 54. 00 migrants were on board the vess
Saying that you and didnt need terms of the deal, including removing barriers on russias exports, must go, came into pressure during a Security Council meeting on friday to discuss the threats of a potential global food crisis. For many of those 362000000 people, its also a mattress sadness or disappointment. Its a matter of threats to the future and the future of the children and their families then upset the angry. Theyre worried that can so someone will go hungry. Some will stop, many may die as a result of these decisions. Greece is facing what could be its how does july we can to nearly 50 years. We have the temperature is expected to soar to 45. 00 degrees celsius. The heat, combined with strong winds, have caused wildfire as near the capital athens, at least a 100 homes had been destroyed. At least 6 people have died after their boats sank off the coast of morocco local authorities in the Northeastern Region of the door. Providence reported 54. 00 migrants were on board the vess