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The Clotilda was burned and sunk in an Alabama River after bringing 110 imprisoned people across the Atlantic in 1860. Three years ago, its remains were found. Anderson Cooper reports on the discovery of the wreck and the nearby community with descendants of the enslaved aboard the ship.
The Clotilda, carrying on board an estimated 110 African children, teenagers and young adults, made its secret arrival along the Gulf Coast shores in 1860, more than 50 years after the importation of slaves to the United States was prohibited.
Remnants of that cargo ship, the last recorded in U.S. history to arrive in this country, were discovered in 2019 along the Mobile River. But the descendants of those enslaved had long heard whispers of the Clotilda. In the Africatown community, located just outside Mobile, Ala., their stories are cherished.
In collaboration with the City of Mobile and Visit Mobile, SCADpro administrators and SCAD students are working to develop a cultural experience centered around Africatown and the Clotilda in a three-part project.