Clotilda
MOBILE, Ala. — The award-winning documentary Descendant, which tells the story of the Africatown community founded by survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, will get a gala premiere on October 22 at Saenger Theatre Mobile, AL.com reported. The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session with filmmakers starting at 9:30 p.m.…
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama author Ben Raines, a former AL.com journalist and a longtime environmental writer, recently released The Last Slave Ship, a book that dives into the history of the ship Clotilda and the enslaved passengers who arrived in Mobile before the Civil War following a harrowing journey to and from the African country…
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