Journalist who found Clotilda wants slave ship raised and preserved; state still weighing options fox10tv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox10tv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New exhibition honors the survivors and descendants of last known US slave ship, the Clotilda thepointsguy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thepointsguy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement — opened Saturday,
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.
A new museum Alabama tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement. The $1.3 million Africatown Heritage House