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Recommended preservation plan for the Clotilda announced
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Alabama Historical Commission has released potential preservation plans for the Clotilda, the last ...
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Clotilda: The last known slave ship arrives in Alabama
In 1860, Timothy Meaher with Captain William Foster illegally carried over a hundred enslaved Africans on the Clotilda then wrecked and abandoned the ship to conceal their trip. The slave trade ...
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Last known slave ship to the US should stay underwater to preserve ‘crime scene’, experts say
“The Clotilda is the scene of the crime ... Africatown is now the only surviving community in America founded by Africans, according to a 60 Minutes report that aired last year.