Clotilda slave ship descendants respond to its discovery

Residents and descendants of Africatown, Alabama, respond to the discovery of the last slave ship to enter the United States.

[@pozzowon]

"Not a celebration, but a recognition" so true

[@shankhicks4561]

i love that he said that

[@jklewis29]

What the hell is wrong with the elder...she is happy and already thinking on how the area can profit from the fate of our ansectors?! That is sicken!

[@megalodon7916]

They need the money, asshole! Africatown is a polluted shithole surrounded by factories. It’s suffered from vandalism and crime, the community doesn’t make much money, those factories have been polluting the area around it, and that pollution has been giving the residents cancer! If anyone deserves to profit from that ship’s artifacts, it’s them. It was their ancestors who were brought over to Mobile as slaves. The Clotilda isn’t our history to profit off of. It’s theirs. They need whatever tourist money that ship makes. If there are artifacts to be displayed, they should be displayed there, and the profits should go towards the upkeep of that community.

[@kimberlysmith9048]

My mother and family lives in mobile. I visited africa town and that same cemetery this summer. My heart goes out... I cried and rejoiced at the same time

[@shuncharon]

Alot of US were stolen from Benin. My uncle did a DNA test (maternal side) and Benin popped up at a high percentage.

[@danielridley5987]

My grandmother's parents are from the mobile area and ive been there

[@danielridley5987]

Last name Essex

[@thefrenchfieldnigga8078]

I never knew there was a town called Africatown in US. I will visit

[@kyngkraken8695]

😢😭 we’ve been through so much and hated just for surviving

[@camillmayfield2863]

Recognize!

[@cherokeeconcrete1986]

They Tried to Hide the Truth..But everything comes to the Light!!

[@shuncharon]

How about,"BUT EVERYTHING COMES TO THE SURFACE"!!!

[@cherokeeconcrete1986]

@@shuncharon Literally 🙏🙏

[@Whayleejay]

Who tried to hide it?

[@megalodon7916]

+Whayleejay The ship’s owners. At the time she brought her cargo to the US, the slave trade was illegal. Thus, they quietly snuck their cargo off the ship and destroyed as much of the ship as they possibly could to hide any incriminating evidence of their deeds.

[@megalodon7916]

+W C It’s history, dude. Look it up. Cudjoe Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Atlantic Slave Trade, was brought to the United States on the Clotilda. He was born in 1841 into a Yoruba tribe, and died in 1935 in Mobile. He was interviewed in the early twentieth century for a book.

[@lovelife2186]

Listen to what he said they where here before the slave boat.

[@jl2284123]

Duh because cotilida was the last ship to drop off the african meaning if over 300 000were transferred to the america and the last ship only carried 116 slaves dont remember the exact number those few is only been added on to those who were already dropped off that would make since

[@shuncharon]

I even felt emotional!!!!!This is monumental and not many blacks, especially young blacks, won't even pay attention.!!!!

[@DeAngelo1111]

He said "we was in this community when the Clotilda landed " and the slaves of Clotilda mingled and help make the community better. Side note : there are no actual physical pieces of the Clotilda that can Identify itself as such. But what's even more important is that there were only 3-5% of slaves brought to North America. Europe got more slaves than North America

[@ifyouthinkitimakeithappen3288]

Does that even matter how many came to America. Most of you claim it didnt happen. 5% of 100s of millions seems to be a high number when you look at it as people taken from there land

[@megalodon7916]

+Ms Hershey It’s not the history of all of us. My ancestors were dirt poor farmers that barely made a living. At one point they didn’t even own the field they used for farming. Don’t pretend that all white people were racists who owned slaves. To claim that they were is racist. That would make you no better than you claim DeAngelo H. is.

[@wmolet3]

So we're going just pretend, we didn't hear him say that black people was already in Platuea. When this ship arrived! My mother grown up in Platuea, Alabama. And she told me when I was 8 years old, that my Great grandfather said we're Indians! And my Great Aunt told me recently that we're not related to any Africans! So I'm not saying they didn't bring any Africans here! I'm just saying I believe my family,over anything a white man says!

[@megalodon7916]

+Mtl Menace Then what does that make the African warlords that sold the slaves to the Europeans in the first place? They got rich by selling their own people into bondage, sending their armies to neighboring villages to kidnap men, women, and children. Don’t go blaming slavery solely on “white devils”. Their is plenty of blame to go around. Slavery is practically as old as mankind itself.

[@kevingomez-johnson140]

@@megalodon7916 And the British enslaved castrated, maimed, raped killed the Irish? The same with the Scottish, The question is, They're European? So whites sold other whites into slavery since we're regarding africans as a monolith, We cam do the same for europeans and worst on that matter. Very redundant and banal comment.

[@nikkibaby7264]

I’m 35 and I’m crying my eyes out those poor ppl thrown over for the sharks 🦈 n eat them lord smh

[@KP-de7kp]

why would they carry the surname Jones if their ancestors were verified Africans... I don't get it

[@CedWynez]

The fact that people, especially BLACK PEOPLE are discrediting this discovery or very possible discovery is very sicken and sad. Black people or should I say African descendant people are still ashamed of being attached to slavery. This find or possible find has brought to light about a town that many of us (including myself) that didn't know it existed. Even if they don't have solid proof of the findings of the ship, the fact of the matter is the shipped existed. The history is true. Many of you didn't even know there was a shipped named Clotida that brought the last slaves over illegally to begin with. Just because it was already black people in the area doesn't mean it didn't happen. Common sense would tell you that the black people that was already in the area of Plateau probably migrated into that area after slavery was abolished and/or black people could have been handle against their will after that end of slavery. So it would make sense that the Ship owners brought the slaves to Mobile bay. Because they still was holding black people captive there as slaves and hid them. Some of you just need to embrace the facts of our history. And this find could very well be the pieces of the actual Clotida ship.

[@megalodon7916]

Whatever artifacts are found on the wreck (which, regrettably, will probably be few in number), should be displayed in Africatown. I’ve studied the history of that area for a project, and today, Africatown is a polluted shithole surrounded by factories. They need the tourist bucks way more than any of the museums that are located in the city of Mobile.

[@thenewamerica6867]

God will give you justice

[@robo7921]

Frightening to come to terms with how resent the slave trade was when it finally ended.

[@symphonyz1]

The sad part about it none of them people's have documents sat they are from Africa

[@ORIGINAL__ONE]

They said this 2 years ago about another boat they don't know. If They over a 1000 ships came thru there Over 100 Wrecks ships with no names on the sail boat No picture of the Sail boat If you listen or read the report it say might be the Clotilda

[@DebramMcCann]

What gets me the most is Africans sold them to British, Portuguese, Nigerians before they reached America 😥😥 One thing about my ancestors is the Cherokee never sold us ,and white man killed our people and took their land !

[@waydetahtawy319]

I'm playing my part in spreading the word about Africa town and its people.

[@DrLesiaThePreachasDiviNation]

Im Lesia Lewis and Cudjoe Lewis is my great grandfather, and Im EXACTLY like him. Just stumbled across this video today, and never heard of him before.

[@shankhicks4561]

wow ✊🏿💪🏿 i live 70 miles north of mobile do have a fb would love to follow... share this story on your page

[@salvationismines1]

For all the blacks who say the slave trade didn’t happen

[@vassienix8683]

That must be the ship imy blood line came here NNNNNN FROM COUSA COUNTY AND MOBILE ALABAMA A RELAVATION And RECOGNITIONS

[@FakeMarket]

Wow! Judge dude at the end was a total buzz kill but he is so correct in his statement

[@kingdenzel777]

Do all Black people in Alabama come from Benin ?

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

POWERFUL ❤️🖤💚 BROWN FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜

[@toconstan8946]

Thats where my ancestors were Taken to America

[@lindagstohl-moye8016]

Was Kelly or pringle names of slaves on this ship

[@mizzobjectiveone3819]

Brown and Ward are a couple of names they took after settling.

[@mssexyredsobeit9039]

This is real.tell the story