In 2019, an international spotlight was cast upon Mobile after remnants of the Clotilda were discovered in the Tensaw River Delta. The Clotilda, the last American slave ship that continued illegal voyages nearly 50 years after the Transatlantic slave trade was outlawed, carried 110 enslaved Africans into Mobile Bay. After emancipation, the survivors of the Clotilda established Africatown. The Africatown community has been revitalized and transformed into a memorial to the resilience of the survivors and the diligence of their descendants years later. Read some of the national and international media coverage regarding the discovery of the Clotilda, the opening of Africatown Heritage House and more below.
With the nation’s 250th anniversary approaching, American history is firmly in the spotlight this summer. Juneteenth, which marks the official end of slavery in the U.S. in 1865, is expected to have…
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The walls speak volumes. This article was published in Italian as A Mobile in Alabama, Africatown e l'ultima eco della tratta and translated into English by Google Translate. In the South of the…
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…
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…
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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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…
