Tag: Clotilda
Answers From the Past
Humble pieces of wood and metal speak volumes in a new exhibition about the slave ship Clotilda.
Mobile’s Colonial Foodways
How six cultures influenced Mobile’s culinary traditions, shaping the unique cuisine we enjoy today.
Descendant
The Sundance award-winning documentary releasing to international audiences this October captures Africatown’s complicated history and hope for the future.
11 Best Books for Summer 2022
Meet Cynthia Tucker, University of South Alabama’s journalist-in-residence, and get her summer reading recommendations for the curious mind.
Book Excerpt: ‘The Last Slave Ship’
Local journalist, author and explorer Ben Raines shares an excerpt from his new book that dives deep into the Clotilda, the last ship to bring enslaved Africans to America.
Mobile Bay Magazine’s 2nd Annual Watershed Awards
Mobile Bay’s annual Watershed Awards recognize the environmental guardians of our communities.
Seeds of Change
The historic community of Africatown proves its future is as rich as its soil.
Last Slave Ship ‘Clotilda’ Found in Mobile River
Officials of the Alabama Historical Commission say they feel sure that they have discovered in the Mobile River the remains of the last ship to bring slaves into the U.S.