{"id":52,"date":"2023-04-27T20:41:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T20:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2023-07-25T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:36:55","slug":"primary-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Source Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">There are an abundance of sources about the <em>Clotilda <\/em>shipmates, their descendants, Africatown\u2019s founding, and the community\u2019s life since 1865 all over Mobile, Alabama, and the United States. This page is intended to serve as a helpful tool for finding these photographs, documents, interviews, newspaper articles and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We have created this live database to centralize and streamline your search for sources about Africatown. If you come across something which is not included here, please use our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ZR3qhru6kr32dqWt9\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ZR3qhru6kr32dqWt9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropbox<\/a> so that we might add it to the database.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-anton-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Anton\">Photographs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div aria-label=\"Collage Gallery\" class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage alignwide is-style-tiled has-caption-style-dark has-small-gutter\"><ul><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-1\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southalabama.edu\/libraries\/mccallarchives\/overbey.html#prettyPhoto\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-343\" data-id=\"343\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/www.southalabama.edu\/libraries\/mccallarchives\/overbey.html#prettyPhoto\" data-index=\"0\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/usawith-his-great-granddauughters-mary-lumbers-and-martha-davis\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-with-the-twins.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-with-the-twins.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-with-the-twins-237x300.jpeg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Cudjo Lewis with great-granddaughters, Mary &amp; Martha Davis (1927)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-2\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1818\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-340\" data-id=\"340\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1818\" data-index=\"1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/charlie-lewis\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/charlie-lewis.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/charlie-lewis.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/charlie-lewis-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/charlie-lewis-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Charlie Lewis (1914)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-3\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1830\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-341\" data-id=\"341\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1830\" data-index=\"2\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/clara-turner-and-cudjo-lewis\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/clara-turner-and-cudjo-lewis.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/clara-turner-and-cudjo-lewis.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/clara-turner-and-cudjo-lewis-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/clara-turner-and-cudjo-lewis-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Clara Turner and Cudjo Lewis (1912)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-4\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/history\/article\/last-slave-ship-survivor-descendants-identified\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-347\" data-id=\"347\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/history\/article\/last-slave-ship-survivor-descendants-identified\" data-index=\"3\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/matilda-mccrear\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matilda-McCrear-1024x768.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matilda-McCrear-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matilda-McCrear-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matilda-McCrear-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matilda-McCrear-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matilda-McCrear-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matilda-McCrear.png 1586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Matilda McCrear<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div aria-label=\"Collage Gallery\" class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage alignwide is-style-tiled has-caption-style-dark has-small-gutter\"><ul><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-1\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southalabama.edu\/libraries\/mccallarchives\/overbey.html#prettyPhoto[93614]\/12\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"626\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-342\" data-id=\"342\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/www.southalabama.edu\/libraries\/mccallarchives\/overbey.html#prettyPhoto[93614]\/12\/\" data-index=\"0\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/cudjo-at-his-home\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-at-his-home.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-at-his-home.webp 775w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-at-his-home-300x242.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-at-his-home-768x620.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cudjo-at-his-home-600x485.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Cudjo Lewis in his home (1927)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-2\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1833\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"557\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-344\" data-id=\"344\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1833\" data-index=\"1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/tim-meaher\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tim-meaher.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tim-meaher.jpeg 408w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tim-meaher-220x300.jpeg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Timothy Meaher (1886)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-3\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1832\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-345\" data-id=\"345\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1832\" data-index=\"2\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/william-foster\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-636x1024.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-636x1024.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-186x300.jpeg 186w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-768x1237.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-954x1536.jpeg 954w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-1272x2048.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-600x966.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/william-foster-scaled.jpeg 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Captain William Foster (1890)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-4\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historicsketche00rochgoog\/page\/n14\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-346\" data-id=\"346\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historicsketche00rochgoog\/page\/n14\/mode\/2up\" data-index=\"3\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/illustrations-from-sketches\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Illustrations-from-Sketches--822x1024.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Illustrations-from-Sketches--822x1024.png 822w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Illustrations-from-Sketches--241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Illustrations-from-Sketches--768x957.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Illustrations-from-Sketches--600x748.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Illustrations-from-Sketches-.png 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">List of illustrations from Historic Sketches of the South<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Newspapers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:15px\">*This newspaper is in a microfilm collection at the Mobile Public Library. Please contact the Library for more access options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div aria-label=\"Collage Gallery\" class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage alignwide is-style-tiled has-caption-style-dark has-small-gutter\"><ul><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-1\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/5743\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-435\" data-id=\"435\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/5743\" data-index=\"0\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/screen-shot-2023-05-30-at-9-54-28-pm\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.28-PM-1024x583.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.28-PM-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.28-PM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.28-PM-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.28-PM-1536x875.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.28-PM-2048x1167.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.28-PM-600x342.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">The <em>Mobile Register <\/em>reports about a &#8220;brisk trade in slaves&#8221; in Dahomey (1858)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-2\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aKcet83DaU0dk1juZBH_gN7uSdtkMf5Y\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-436\" data-id=\"436\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aKcet83DaU0dk1juZBH_gN7uSdtkMf5Y\/view?usp=sharing\" data-index=\"1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/screen-shot-2023-05-30-at-9-54-47-pm\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.47-PM-1024x792.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.47-PM-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.47-PM-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.47-PM-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.47-PM-1536x1188.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.47-PM-600x464.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.54.47-PM.png 1722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">The <em>Mobile Daily Advertiser <\/em>reports <em>Clotilda<\/em>&#8216;s illegal arrival (1860)*<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-3\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1870\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-438\" data-id=\"438\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1870\" data-index=\"2\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/screen-shot-2023-05-30-at-9-52-44-pm\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.44-PM-499x1024.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.44-PM-499x1024.png 499w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.44-PM-146x300.png 146w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.44-PM-600x1232.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.44-PM.png 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Plateau community observes Kwanzaa traditions (2006)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-4\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1864\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-437\" data-id=\"437\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1864\" data-index=\"3\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/screen-shot-2023-05-30-at-9-52-22-pm\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.22-PM-1024x394.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.22-PM-1024x394.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.22-PM-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.22-PM-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.22-PM-1536x590.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.22-PM-600x231.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-9.52.22-PM.png 1884w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Benin ambassador to take part in Africatown events (2002)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Oral History Interviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div aria-label=\"Collage Gallery\" class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage alignwide is-style-tiled has-caption-style-dark has-small-gutter\"><ul><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-1\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/2740\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-360\" data-id=\"360\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/2740\" data-index=\"0\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/lorna-woods-interview\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lorna-woods-interview-1024x721.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lorna-woods-interview-1024x721.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lorna-woods-interview-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lorna-woods-interview-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lorna-woods-interview-1536x1082.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lorna-woods-interview-2048x1442.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lorna-woods-interview-600x422.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Clip of interview with Lorna Gail Woods<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-2\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/2193\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-361\" data-id=\"361\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/2193\" data-index=\"1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/mable-dennison-interview\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mable-dennison-interview-1024x717.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mable-dennison-interview-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mable-dennison-interview-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mable-dennison-interview-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mable-dennison-interview-1536x1076.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mable-dennison-interview-2048x1434.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mable-dennison-interview-600x420.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Clip of interview with Mable Dennison<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-3\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PoziyC5mw_Pfs4f5a78XJ6dSTuS-dpjS\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-363\" data-id=\"363\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PoziyC5mw_Pfs4f5a78XJ6dSTuS-dpjS\/view?usp=sharing\" data-index=\"2\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/eva-allen-jones-interview\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eva-allen-jones-interview-815x1024.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eva-allen-jones-interview-815x1024.jpeg 815w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eva-allen-jones-interview-239x300.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eva-allen-jones-interview-768x965.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eva-allen-jones-interview-600x754.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eva-allen-jones-interview.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Interview with Eva Allen Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-4\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/2191\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-362\" data-id=\"362\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/2191\" data-index=\"3\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/martha-west-davis-interview\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/martha-west-davis-interview-1024x711.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/martha-west-davis-interview-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/martha-west-davis-interview-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/martha-west-davis-interview-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/martha-west-davis-interview-1536x1067.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/martha-west-davis-interview-2048x1423.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/martha-west-davis-interview-600x417.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Interview clip of Martha West Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Letters, manuscripts &amp; books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foster-ship-log-628x1024.png\" alt=\"Capt. Foster's handwritten account of the Clotilda's voyage between Mobile and Ouidah\" class=\"wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foster-ship-log-628x1024.png 628w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foster-ship-log-184x300.png 184w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foster-ship-log-768x1253.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foster-ship-log-600x979.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/foster-ship-log.png 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Capt. Foster&#8217;s account of Clotilda&#8217;s voyage <br>(written 1890)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/1827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-27-at-11.28.46-PM-655x1024.png\" alt=\"Handwritten letter between enslavers concerning people brought as slaves on the Clotilda\" class=\"wp-image-368\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-27-at-11.28.46-PM-655x1024.png 655w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-27-at-11.28.46-PM-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-27-at-11.28.46-PM-768x1200.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-27-at-11.28.46-PM-600x938.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-27-at-11.28.46-PM.png 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Letter between enslavers with Africans&#8217; names (written 1890)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historicsketche00rochgoog\/page\/n12\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-591x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Title page of the book Historic Sketches of the South by Emma Langdon Roche (1914)\" class=\"wp-image-377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-591x1024.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-768x1331.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-887x1536.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-1182x2048.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-600x1039.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sketches-cover-scaled.jpg 1478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Historic Sketches of the South by Emma Langdon Roche (1914)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1U6dXPxbSwXHpD-R0k-Fx9tWGLXUnGwH5\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/barracoon-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Barracoon: The Story of the Last &quot;Black Cargo&quot; by Zora Neale Hurston (1931)\" class=\"wp-image-376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/barracoon-cover.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/barracoon-cover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/barracoon-cover-600x902.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barracoon: The Story of the Last &#8220;Black Cargo&#8221; by Zora Neale Hurston (1931)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/show\/5742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-3.38.22-PM-541x1024.png\" alt=\"The title page of the book &quot;A Memoir of Lottie Dennison&quot; by Mable Dennison (1986)\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-3.38.22-PM-541x1024.png 541w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-3.38.22-PM-159x300.png 159w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-3.38.22-PM-600x1135.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-3.38.22-PM.png 684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Memoir of Lottie Dennison by Mable Dennison (1986)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Maps &amp; legal documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div aria-label=\"Collage Gallery\" class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage alignwide is-style-tiled has-caption-style-dark has-small-gutter\"><ul><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-1\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/culture\/graphics\/finding-clotilda-the-last-american-slave-ship\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-446\" data-id=\"446\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/culture\/graphics\/finding-clotilda-the-last-american-slave-ship\" data-index=\"0\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/screen-shot-2023-05-30-at-10-15-00-pm-2\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-10.15.00-PM-1-1024x654.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-10.15.00-PM-1-1024x654.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-10.15.00-PM-1-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-10.15.00-PM-1-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-10.15.00-PM-1-1536x981.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-10.15.00-PM-1-600x383.png 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-30-at-10.15.00-PM-1.png 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\"><em>Clotilda<\/em>&#8216;s journey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-2\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historicsketche00rochgoog\/page\/n110\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"910\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-384\" data-id=\"384\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historicsketche00rochgoog\/page\/n110\/mode\/2up\" data-index=\"1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/map-of-kidnapping-by-kossula\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/map-of-kidnapping-by-kossula.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/map-of-kidnapping-by-kossula.png 854w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/map-of-kidnapping-by-kossula-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/map-of-kidnapping-by-kossula-768x818.png 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/map-of-kidnapping-by-kossula-600x639.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Map of Cudjo&#8217;s home &amp; kidnapping<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-3\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/atlanta\/finding-aids\/clotilda.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-479\" data-id=\"479\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/atlanta\/finding-aids\/clotilda.pdf\" data-index=\"2\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/us-vs-meaherdabneyfoster\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/US-vs-MeaherDabneyFoster.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/US-vs-MeaherDabneyFoster.png 500w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/US-vs-MeaherDabneyFoster-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/US-vs-MeaherDabneyFoster-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/US-vs-MeaherDabneyFoster-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">U.S. vs. Byrnes Meaher, U.S. vs. John Dabney, and U.S. vs. William Foster (1860)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__item item-4\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2023\/04\/24\/mapping-africatown-albert-murray-and-his-hometown\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"636\" alt=\"Gallery Image\" class=\"wp-image-385\" data-id=\"385\" data-imglink=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2023\/04\/24\/mapping-africatown-albert-murray-and-his-hometown\/\" data-index=\"3\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/primary-sources\/albert-murray-africatown-map\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albert-murray-africatown-map.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albert-murray-africatown-map.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albert-murray-africatown-map-300x254.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/albert-murray-africatown-map-600x509.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-collage__caption\">Map of Africatown based on a map drawn by Albert Murray in the 1950s\/60s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Artwork<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:69% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7999-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-624 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7999-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7999-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7999-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7999-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7999-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.project110movie.com\/africatown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7999.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-anton-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Anton;font-size:20px\"><strong>Africatown: A mural by Jekki Esso (2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More images of the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1wm8efhAS7jS-4zM-vP6FmFPwqnJXjiPS?usp=drive_link\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1wm8efhAS7jS-4zM-vP6FmFPwqnJXjiPS?usp=drive_link\">full mural and the artist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/ayeeko.africa\/blogs\/blog\/adinkra-symbols-and-meaning\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ayeeko.africa\/blogs\/blog\/adinkra-symbols-and-meaning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guide to the Adinkra symbols<\/a> in the mural<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Explore more primary source collections about the <em>Clotilda <\/em>and Africatown<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org\/items\/browse?collection=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The <em>Clotilda Collection <\/em>at the Mobile Public Library <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southalabama.edu\/libraries\/mccallarchives\/overbey.html\" target=\"_blank\">The <em>Erik Overbey Collection <\/em>at the McCall Library (University of South Alabama)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Recent books <\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<p id=\"books\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/african-town-irene-latham\/17158129?ean=9780593322888\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/african-town-irene-latham\/17158129?ean=9780593322888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">African Town<\/a> by Irene Latham &amp; Charles Waters\u00a0(for readers aged 12\u201317)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/kossula-memories-of-africa-roslyn-d-williams\/14841761?ean=9780578739366\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/kossula-memories-of-africa-roslyn-d-williams\/14841761?ean=9780578739366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kossula: Memories of Africa<\/a>\u00a0by Roslyn D. Williams (for readers aged 5-7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/africatown-america-s-last-slave-ship-and-the-community-it-created\/18947828?ean=9781250766540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africatown: America&#8217;s Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created<\/a> by Nick Tabor\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/barracoon-the-story-of-the-last-black-cargo-zora-neale-hurston\/18733101?ean=9780062748218\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/barracoon-the-story-of-the-last-black-cargo-zora-neale-hurston\/18733101?ean=9780062748218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barracoon: The Story of the Last \u201cBlack Cargo\u201d<\/a> by Zora Neale Hurston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/dreams-of-africa-in-alabama-the-slave-ship-clotilda-and-the-story-of-the-last-africans-brought-to-america-sylviane-a-diouf\/9486348?ean=9780195382938\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/dreams-of-africa-in-alabama-the-slave-ship-clotilda-and-the-story-of-the-last-africans-brought-to-america-sylviane-a-diouf\/9486348?ean=9780195382938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America<\/a> by Sylviane Diouf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-last-slave-ship-the-true-story-of-how-clotilda-was-found-her-descendants-and-an-extraordinary-reckoning-ben-raines\/17843822?ean=9781982136154\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-last-slave-ship-the-true-story-of-how-clotilda-was-found-her-descendants-and-an-extraordinary-reckoning-ben-raines\/17843822?ean=9781982136154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning<\/a> by Ben Raines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-slave-ship-clotilda-and-the-making-of-africatown-usa-spirit-of-our-ancestors-natalie-robertson\/6640206?ean=9780275994914\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-slave-ship-clotilda-and-the-making-of-africatown-usa-spirit-of-our-ancestors-natalie-robertson\/6640206?ean=9780275994914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Making of AfricaTown USA: Spirit of Our Ancestors<\/a> by Natalie Robertson<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are an abundance of sources about the Clotilda shipmates, their descendants, Africatown\u2019s founding, and the community\u2019s life since 1865 all over Mobile, Alabama, and the United States. 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