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The Clotilda: Last Slave Ship and the Legacy of Africatown
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the story of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States, which illegally smuggled 110 captives into Mobile, Alabama in 1860, decades after the international slave trade was banned. They trace the journey of the ship, its wealthy backer Timothy Meaher, and the captain William Foster, who burned and sank the vessel to hide evidence. The conversation focuses on the survivors who, after emancipation, founded Africatown, a self-sustaining community that preserved West African traditions. In 2018, the wreck of the…
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