africatown

Cudjo Lewis was a captive aboard the Clotilda when it entered Mobile Harbor, the last slave boat to the United States in 1860. The story was well known to locals in Mobile but two writers, Emma Langdon Roche and Zora Neale Hurston, went to find Cudjo and tell their version of his story. Over 80 years later, Ben Raines would find the remains of the Clotilda and bring the story to light again. 

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Hillary and Tina cover America's last slave ship, the Clotilda. Once a ship of human suffering, the Clotilda set the stage for an unimaginable bet. BUT its legacy continues to haunt Alabama’s history. Sources Hillary's Story The Guardian 'Still fighting': Africatown, site of last US slave shipment, sues over pollution (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/26/africatown-site-of-last-us-slave-ship-arrival-sues-over-factorys-pollution)--by Lauren Zanolli National Geographic Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/clotilda-the-last-american-slave-ship-found-in-alabama)--by Joel K. Bourne National Museum of African History The Clotilda Has Been Found (https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/clotilda-has-been-found) NPR WLRN Exploring the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in the U.S., brings hope (https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105007375/exploring-the-clotilda-the-last-known-slave-ship-in-the-u-s-brings-hope)--by Debbie Elliot and Marisa Penaloza of Morning Edition The New York Times Last Known Slave Ship Is Remarkably Well Preserved, Researchers Say (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/25/us/clotilda-slaveship-africa-alabama.html)--by Michael Levenson Smithsonian Magazine The ‘Clotilda,’ the Last Known Slave Ship to Arrive in the U.S., Is Found (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/clotilda-last-known-slave-ship-arrive-us-found-180972177/)--by Allison Keyes Time A New Netflix Documentary Recounts the Last Known Slave Ship—and the Community Who Won't Let the World Forget (https://time.com/6223809/descendant-netflix-clotilda-history/)--by Olivia B. Waxman Wikipedia Africatown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africatown) Clotilda (slave ship) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotilda_(slave_ship)) Cudjoe Lewis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudjoe_Lewis) Redoshi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redoshi) Photos Timothy Meaher (https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/m-4013.jpg)--from public domain via Encyclopedia of Alabama Cudjoe and Abache Lewis (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Cudjoe_Abache.jpg)--by Emma Langdon Roche (public domain) via Wikipedia Mural of the Clotilda (https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Clotilda-2.jpg?quality=85&w=1600)--photo by Emily Kask via Time Africatown Sign (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Welcome_to_Africatown_%28cropped%29.jpg/1920px-Welcome_to_Africatown_%28cropped%29.jpg)--by Amy Walker via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Piece of Clotilda Wreckage (https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Clotilda-1.jpg?quality=85&w=1600)--by Joe Turner via Time