12/19/2023 0 Comments Download the last slave ship![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1860, the Clotilda transported more than 100 people from Benin, Africa, to Mobile, Alabama, a voyage that took place 52 years after the United States banned importing new enslaved people. "The voyage represented one of the darkest eras of modern history and is a profound discovery of the tangible evidence of slavery." "The discovery of the Clotilda is an extraordinary archaeological find," said Lisa Demetropoulos Jones, the executive director of the Alabama Historical Commission. The wreck of the Clotilda was found near Mobile on the shores of the Gulf Coast, the Alabama Historical Commission said, after months of excavation and archaeological verification of the vessel. The remains of the last known ship to bring enslaved people to the United States have been found nearly 160 years after its illegal voyage from Africa to Alabama, state officials say. slave ship descendants gather at ‘Africatown’ ![]()
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