Found: The ‘Clotilda,’ the Last Known Slave Ship to Arrive in the U.S.
by Allison Keyes Smithsonian.com
One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, slave traders stole Lorna Gail Woods’ great-great grandfather from what is now Benin in West Africa. Her ancestor, Charlie Lewis, was brutally ripped from his homeland, along with 109 other Africans, and brought to Alabama on the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States. Today, researchers confirmed that the remains of that vessel, long rumored to exist but elusive for decades, have been found along the Mobile River, near 12 Mile Island and just north of the Mobile Bay delta.
“The excitement and joy is overwhelming,” says Woods, in a voice trembling with emotion. She is 70 years old now. But she’s been hearing stories about her family history and the ship that tore them from their homeland since she was a child in Africatown, a small community just north of Mobile founded by the Clotilda’s survivors after the Civil War.
The authentication and confirmation of the Clotilda was led by the Alabama Historical Commission and SEARCH Inc., a group of maritime archaeologists and divers who specialize in historic shipwrecks.
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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Was that one of the many from the brokerage houses of the documented Jewish slave ship Owners?
BDS 2019!
And I’m not a slave? All I need is a proper whipping to go with the financial raping. Hats off to those that resisted the most and had the deep scars to prove it. We are all enslaved. You can set a cow loose in a field; it will produced more milk. But, it is still just a cow. Making the obvious, Blacks, out as former slaves, does not excuse how we are all treated now; as, financial slaves to the world bank. No divisiveness on this, we are all in this together against our enslavers.
More that 18 000 000 of black slaves were sent to America. Many died during the shipping.
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