The written record is not the only source of historical knowledge. Generations of African-Americans in Mobile, Alabama's Africatown have passed down family histories and cultural traditions. Their town was started by people who were brought over as slaves on the last known slave ship, the Clotilda, in 1860. Although the ship was destroyed on purpose when it arrived, its legacy and memories lived on. The discovery of the Clotilda's remains provides this community with a physical connection to their forebears and confirms a history that many people have attempted to forget.
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The written record is not the only source of historical knowledge. Generations of African-Americans in Mobile, Alabama's Africatown have passed down family histories and cultural traditions. Their town was started by people who were brought over as slaves on the last known slave ship, the Clotilda, in 1860. Although the ship was destroyed on purpose when it arrived, its legacy and memories lived on. The discovery of the Clotilda's remains provides this community with a physical connection to their forebears and confirms a history that many people have attempted to forget.
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