Researchers Returning to Alabama Coast Monday to Study Last U.S. Slave Ship
Researchers are returning to the Alabama coast to assess the sunken remains of the last slave ship to bring captive Africans to the United States.
Africatown
Alabama Events Mark 1619 Slavery Anniversary
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Events in Alabama on Sunday will mark the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans being brought to colonial America. Communities across the nation are marking a “Day of Healing” recognizing the 400 years since the arrival of slaves to colonial Jamestown, Virginia. Africatown, a community formed by freed slaves after the Civil War, is hosting a Day…
State Officials Say They’ve Identified the Last Slave Ship, “Clotilda”
Alabama historical officials say researchers have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States. A statement issued Wednesday by the Alabama Historical Commission says remains of the Gulf schooner Clotilda have been identified and verified after months of assessment. The commission’s executive director, Lisa Demetropoulos Jones, calls the discovery “an…
Descendants from Last US Slave Ship Gathering in Alabama
Mobile event, Saturday .
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – An unusual gathering is planned this weekend on the U.S. Gulf Coast: a get-together for descendants of the last Africans abducted and shipped to the United States into slavery. The event will be held Saturday in Mobile, Alabama, at Africatown USA, a once-thriving community settled by freed blacks from Africa after the Civil War. The area…
