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Mobile's Unique Stories to Share

By Renée Gordon on Feb. 21, 2025

Look backward, move forward. The region that is today Alabama was originally the homeland of several American Indian tribes, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creeks. The current Poarch Creek Nation…

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A Black woman with long hair holds her child while they look at a photo collage of formerly enslaved residents of Africatown, Alabama

Wanderlust UK: 52 travel secrets of the USA

By Jacqui Agate on Sep. 25, 2024

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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A Black woman with long hair holds her child while they look at a photo collage of formerly enslaved residents of Africatown, Alabama

Africatown Heritage House earns recognition in USA TODAY's 2024 10Best Readers' Choice Awards

By Ashley Rains on Jan. 05, 2024

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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These Museums are the South’s Best Kept Secrets | Southern Travel + Lifestyle

By Kellie Walton on Nov. 02, 2023

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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African American man holding a young child in front of the plaque with engraved names of the Clotilda, the Last American Slave Ship

The Last U.S. Slave Ship Arrived in Alabama 143 Years Ago | Travel + Leisure

By Natalie Preddie on Oct. 11, 2023

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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Africatown Heritage House

Clotilda: The Exhibition now open in Mobile, Alabama's Africatown | Wealth of Geeks

By Amy Albers on Sep. 08, 2023

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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Mobile's Newest Museum Honors The Survivors Of The Last Transatlantic Slave Ship | Southern Living

By Nicole Letts on Sep. 08, 2023

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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African American man holding a young child in front of the plaque with engraved names of the Clotilda, the Last American Slave Ship

New Exhibit in Alabama Shares Stories from Survivors of America’s Last Slave Ship | Lonely Planet

By John Garry on Sep. 08, 2023

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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The South’s Must-Visit Museum Exhibit | National Geographic

By VISIT MOBILE on Jul. 06, 2023

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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“Clotilda: The Exhibition” at Africatown Heritage House Tickets Now Available

By VISIT MOBILE on Jun. 19, 2023

Tickets to Site That Shares the Stories of the 110 Survivors of the Last American Slave Ship Now Available “Clotilda: The Exhibition” Will Open at Africatown Heritage House on July 8 Mobile, Alabama…

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