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’s Bicentennial: How Mobile Shaped the Road to 1819 Statehood
As Alabama marked its 200th year of statehood, local historians point back to Mobile's outsized role in the events of 1817-1819 that split the old Mississippi Territory and created the…
No one claims the Clotilda, last known U.S. slave ship, clearing path for state
Alabama’s state historical commission appears poised to retain control of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring enslaved people to the United States, after a legal deadline passed…
Africatown Descendants Celebrate Confirmation That the Clotilda Has Been Found
Alabama officials have confirmed that a wreck found in the Mobile River is the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans into the United States, a discovery that…
Alabama Historical Commission Confirms Mobile River Wreck as the Clotilda
State archaeologists have confirmed that a shipwreck lying in the Mobile River is the Clotilda, the last known vessel to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The Alabama Historical…
Historical Commission Rules Out Mobile-Tensaw Delta Wreck as the Clotilda
A team of maritime archaeologists working with the Alabama Historical Commission has determined that a large wooden wreck found in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta is not the Clotilda, even as the…
Africatown Community Leaders Announce Investigation Into Possible Clotilda Wreckage
Africatown community leaders and researchers from the Smithsonian, National Park Service and Alabama Historical Commission announced an investigation into a shipwreck that may be the Clotilda, the last known slave…
Mobile County Records Reveal How Some Free Blacks Chose Slavery Before the Civil War
Mobile County probate records show several free Black residents petitioned local judges to become enslaved amid rising hostility before the Civil War.