Alabama Darron Patterson on the legacy of Africatown, Mobile: “The importation of enslaved people to the USA was abolished in 1808. But, in 1860, wealthy landowner and businessman Timothy Meaher made…
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Disney has announced that National Geographic’s “Clotilda: The Return Home” will be coming to Disney+ and Hulu in the United States on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. CLOTILDA: THE RETURN HOME chronicles the…
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Whether you’re interested in American history or millennia of human history, you can learn a lot about the past with a visit to one of these 10 incredible history museums, chosen by an expert panel…
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The Africatown Heritage House has earned national recognition as one of USA TODAY’s “2024 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award” for Best New Museum, as chosen by readers and website visitors. A panel…
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Museums, galleries, and national parks are the hallmark of any good vacation, and some remarkable options are sprinkled all across the south. From the Louisville Slugger Museum honoring America’s…
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This New Museum Honors the 110 People on Board The Clotilda, the last known U.S. slave ship, arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860 with 110 enslaved people. Travel journalist Natalie Preddie visits and…
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When planning your next trip to Mobile, Alabama, make sure to make time to visit “ Clotilda : The Exhibition.” The exhibition tells the story of the planning and execution of the last known illegal…
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A remarkable legacy is explained in Mobile, Alabama. Clotilda: The Exhibition opened on July 8 in Africatown in Mobile, Alabama. This exhibit, showcased inside the newly constructed Africatown…
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At the Africatown Heritage House in Mobile, Alabama, a new exhibition tells fresh stories about the African American experience. In the summer of 1860, America’s last known slave ship smuggled 110…
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On July 8, 1860, shipbuilder William Foster brought 110 men, women, and children stolen from West Africa into Mobile Bay, in Alabama, more than 50 years after slavery was abolished in America…
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