Clotilda: The Exhibition
Artifacts from the wreckage on display in Alabama.
Africatown is a small historic community that was founded after the Civil War by survivors of the Clotilda and other Black residents.
The Clotilda, the last known US slave ship, made its illegal voyage 52 years after the international slave trade was outlawed. In the years to come, the displaced Africans survived enslavement and established a community as free Americans. But they also maintained their African identities, creating the tight-knit, independent community known as Africatown.
In 2019, the shipwreck of the Clotilda was discovered at the bottom of the Mobile River, giving the community a tangible link to the names and stories passed down through generations. Read about the discovery of the Clotilda in Black History from the Depths.
Clotilda: The Exhibition tells the story of the 110 remarkable men, women, and children who were captured and enslaved in West Africa then brought to Alabama. Through a combination of interpretive text panels, documents, and artifacts recovered from the site of the wreck, you can learn about the settlement of Africatown and the discovery of the sunken slave ship.
Africatown Heritage House is located at 2465 Winbush Street in Mobile, AL.
For more details, please visit clotilda.com.
