Alabama Proceeds With Plan to Remove Artifacts From the Clotilda Wreck
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama is moving forward with plans to study and recover artifacts from the submerged wreck of the Clotilda, the last slave ship known to have landed on…
Alabama Commits $1 Million to Next Phase of Clotilda Wreck Preservation
The Alabama Historical Commission will begin a new $1 million phase of Clotilda preservation work this fall, combining artifact excavation with environmental and engineering studies of the wreck site near…
The Clotilda’s Secret Voyage and the Founding of Mobile’s Africatown
One of the more remarkable chapters in Mobile County’s history begins with a bet. In 1860, Mobile shipyard owner Timothy Meaher wagered $100,000 with friends that he could defy the…