The Alabama Africatown Experience

The Alabama Africatown Experience It began long before 1859... but that is the year the Africatown/Mobile relationship began - Today,
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06/12/2019

Researchers recently announced they’ve located the remains of the last known ship known to bring enslaved Africans to what we now call the United States.

06/06/2019

In 1860, the wooden ship illegally transported 110 people from what is now the west African nation of Benin to Mobile, Alabama.

06/06/2019

Clotilda located in Alabama

06/06/2019

A once forgotten city in Alabama was honored for it's storied but tragic history.

06/06/2019

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Experts are set to release details on the discovery of the last ship known to have brought enslaved people from Africa to the United States. Officials announced last week that…

06/06/2019

Reporter Nicole Ellis visits Africatown, Alabama, after the discovery of The Clotilda, the last American slave ship. She retraces how it was found and discusses its significance with Americans whose ancestors were smuggled in on the ship.

06/06/2019

The schooner Clotilda smuggled African captives into the U.S. in 1860, more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed.

06/06/2019

It was a historic day for the Africatown community in Mobile. The first celebration and commemoration after the finding of the Clotilda.

02/14/2019

The D.C.-based Association for the Study of African Life and History (ASALH) has launched its first public event in a yearlong commemoration of the forced migration of Africans to Jamestown, one of the first, successful British colonies established in Virginia in 1619, with discussions on the meanin...

02/12/2019

Relatives of the Africatown founders (such as Joycelyn Davis, pictured) are holding a festival in the Alabama area in an effort to rebuild the once-thriving community which has been largely abandoned.

02/12/2019

The arrival of 20 and odd enslaved Africans in 1619 has been called the beginning of U.S. slavery. It's actually far more complicated than that.

02/09/2019
02/08/2019

“I am a direct descendant of Charlie Lewis, one of the last surviving slaves of the Clotilda and Cudjo Lewis' brother. Charlie was also one of the founders of Union Missionary Baptist Church and Africatown. They called Charlie 'Papa' and he was in his 30's when he arrived here from Ghana. Slavery ...

12/20/2018

The activist is fighting to preserve history and improve public health in the storied community.

08/14/2012

The Alabama Africatown Experience's cover photo

11/01/2011

The Alabama Africatown Experience

The Late John H. Smith, The Honorable Former Mayor of the City of Prichard. (1980 - 1988) A true foot soldier in the early days of the Africatown Experience and Humanitarian to Benin till the day he drew his last breath.... 1947 - 2006 RIP - WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFE'S WORK AND SACRIFICES..

05/28/2011
Mayor Omar Neal in Benin West Africa #2

Our unforgettable 2010 visit to Benin....

Tuskegee, Alabama Mayor Omar Neal journeyed to the Republic of Benin West Africa. While there he was greeted by brothers and sisters in Cotonou, Porto-Novo, ...

05/28/2011
Mayor Omar Neal in Benin West Africa #1

Our friends from Benin are returning to Alabama for Juneteenth - More Information Coming. This is a video from last 2010 when we traveled to Benin in May to make preparation for their visit to the US.

Tuskegee, Alabama Mayor Omar Neal journeyed to the Republic of Benin West Africa. While there he was greeted by brothers and sisters in Cotonou, Porto-Novo, ...

05/27/2011

History standing on history - The West African Delegation and the Alabama Juneteenth Team headed by Mayor Omar Neal standing on the Edmund Pettus Bridge...2010

05/23/2011

Juneteenth 2011 Coming Soon - Stay tuned for details

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