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Last known slave ship possibly found
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:37 am
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:37 am
This story is a few weeks old but don’t remember seeing it posted. A reporter in Alabama claims to have found the wreckage of the Clotilda. This is believed to be the last known ship to bring African slaves to the US. The wreckage was found along the banks of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.
The captain of the ship was afraid he had been caught so he released all the slaves into the swamp and set the boat on fire. The slaves ended up starting the town called Africatown on the edge of Mobile. The Town is still there.
Clotilda
The captain of the ship was afraid he had been caught so he released all the slaves into the swamp and set the boat on fire. The slaves ended up starting the town called Africatown on the edge of Mobile. The Town is still there.
Clotilda
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Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:39 am to highcotton2
Also the inspiration for the Joe Diffy hit “Ships that don’t come in.”
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:42 am to highcotton2
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The slaves ended up starting the town called Africatown on the edge of Mobile. The Town is still there.
Sounds like a lovely place
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:42 am to VermilionTiger
It has a vibrant culture
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:50 am to highcotton2
Theres also a plantation in Lockport named Clotilda.
This post was edited on 2/9/18 at 8:51 am
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:54 am to highcotton2
Clotilda sounds like an STD you would catch in an AL strip club.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:55 am to highcotton2
Clotilda? I barely know 'er 
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:56 am to highcotton2
RIP Clotile
Posted on 2/9/18 at 9:08 am to highcotton2
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The slaves ended up starting the town called Africatown on the edge of Mobile.
Somehow, someway, this must be related to the Mobile Leprechaun.
Good material for a new series on the History Channel.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 1:30 pm to GetBackToWork
Really would make a good history channel segment.
Cudjo Kazoola Lewis
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Africatown, also known as AfricaTown USA and Plateau, is an historic community located three miles (5 km) north of downtown Mobile, Alabama. It was formed by a group of 32 West Africans, who in 1860, were among the last known illegal shipment of 110 slaves to the United States from the Kingdom of Dahomey on the Clotilda, after the Atlantic slave trade had been banned since 1808. More than 30 of these people, believed to be ethnic Yoruba and Fon, founded and created their own community in this area.[2] They retained their West African customs and language into the 1950s, while their children and some elders also learned English. The last survivor of the original group, Cudjo Kazoola Lewis, lived until 1935.[3]
Cudjo Kazoola Lewis
This post was edited on 2/9/18 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 2/9/18 at 1:32 pm to highcotton2
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Last known slave ship possibly found
This is what happens when you run on CPT.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 2:31 pm to highcotton2
Actually pretty interesting to read about. Good find!
Posted on 2/9/18 at 3:01 pm to highcotton2
Black history
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Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:06 pm to highcotton2
Reportedly, numerous crowns were found in the ship's hold.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:06 pm to High C
ISWYDT
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:08 pm to High C
Speaking of that, here is a hot take:
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:10 pm to SeeeeK
Is that real? 
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:12 pm to highcotton2
Where is the last unknown slave ship located?
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:12 pm to SeeeeK
He seriously said that?
I mean...people can’t really think that, right?
There are examples of African tribes that never had contact with Europeans and they are basically living the same way they have for thousands of years
I mean...people can’t really think that, right?
There are examples of African tribes that never had contact with Europeans and they are basically living the same way they have for thousands of years
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:17 pm to fr33manator
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Is that real?
Yep
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