Hey to Your Mama N'em || Clotilde:
Image: The National Archives, Southeast Region; records of the U.S. Customs Services, Collector of Customs, Mobile, Alabama
Vessel License for the Schooner Clotilde, 1855
The Clotilde, commanded by Captain William Foster, landed in Mobile, Alabama in 1859 carrying between 110 and 160 West African captives. To evade federal authorities waiting at the port, Foster docked at night and transferred the human cargo to a waiting riverboat. Afterward, the captain had the ship burned and sunk. The enslaved Africans were sold to the owner of a nearby plantation.
The Clotilde was the last known ship to illegally bring slaves to America. Descendants of these Africans still live in the area around Mobile known as Africatown.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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