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"Silent for far too long": Family of man who commissioned last known slave ship on efforts to make amends
In 2019 we began reporting on the discovery of the Clotilda - a sunken slave ship found in the bottom ... I can't believe that there aren't family relics. I just want to think that people preserve ...
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Clotilda descendants seek meetings with other Meaher family members following historic ‘60 Minutes’ episode
The Clotilda slave ship brought the last known group of Africans ... “I can’t believe there aren’t family relics. I want to believe people preserve things of some significance.” ...
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Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama
A mural of the Clotilda adorns a concrete embankment in Africatown, a community near Mobile founded by Africans illegally transported to Alabama aboard the slave ship. Some of their descendants ...
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Clotilda, the last known intact slave ship in US, is too ‘broken’ and should stay underwater in Alabama, report recommends
the Clotilda’s last surviving enslaved African. Released in 2018, “Barracoon” includes stories about Lewis’ upbringing in Africa, experiences aboard the slave ship and during his ...
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Is the story of the Clotilda a hoax? One author thinks it could be
A theory questioning the legitimacy of the story of the Clotilda slave ship is gaining attention. The claims are outlined in an article that was published by the Wall Street Journal. The Clotilda ...
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The Clotilda, last known US slave ship, too decayed to be excavated, report says
Alabama funded a $1 million investigation to see if the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in the US, can be excavated from the Mobile River. The ship’s captain, Willam Foster, traveled to ...
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Last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S. is a decayed "crime scene" that should stay underwater, experts say
the Clotilda's last surviving enslaved African. Released in 2018, "Barracoon" includes stories about Lewis' upbringing in Africa, experiences aboard the slave ship and during his enslavement ...
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The Clotilda: Last Known US Slave Ship Should Remain Underwater, Experts Say
The ship is “too broken” and “too decayed” to be evacuated, archaeologists say. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission determined that the Clotilda, the last ship known ...
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Reckoning with the Slave Ship Clotilda
He’s from Africatown, a freed Black settlement on the Gulf Coast, founded by people who were brought over on the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to reach the United States. Flen, who is ...
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The lives and legacies of the Clotilda slave ship survivors
More than 100 of these unfortunate souls were bundled into the hold of a ship called the Clotilda, forced on a ... long ordeal of the transatlantic slave trade. They would endure forced relocation ...
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Clotilda, last known intact US slave ship, is too ‘broken’ and should stay underwater, a report recommends
the Clotilda’s last surviving enslaved African. Released in 2018, “Barracoon” includes stories about Lewis’ upbringing in Africa, experiences aboard the slave ship and during his ...