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'Heritage House' approved: Africatown museum to tell story of slave ship and community


‘Heritage House’ approved: Africatown museum to tell story of slave ship and community
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
The Africatown Welcome Center is pictured on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, in Mobile, Ala. At the time, the welcome center was housed in a mobile home across from the Old Plateau Cemetery. The new center will be located in the same spot, but it will be much larger (approximately 18,000 square feet) and serve as a tourist attraction. That project is being funded by RESTORE Act money. (Mike Kittrell/mkittrell@a­l.com)
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Africatown’s story as a community founded by the survivors of the last slave ship to enter the United States will have a new showcase inside a “heritage house” that will be constructed within the heart of the north Mobile community. ....

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