The exhibition highlights the stories of 110 slaves brought to Mobile against their will.
) - A new museum opened this morning in Africatown. The new addition to the area is called Clotilda: The Exhibition, and it highlights the stories of the 110 slaves brought to Mobile against their will.
When they arrived, they were separated and sold to slave dealers across the state and the captain reportedly burned the ship to hide evidence of the crime.“It’s beautiful people here. We got good neighbors. We’re really helpful to one another,” said Jessie Varer, who lives in Africatown. “To see this come to fruition is deeply humbling but we really feel the urgency in telling their stories,” said Dr. Meg Fowler, Director of the History Museum of Mobile.
“I work for a nonprofit organization in the Biloxi, Gulfport area that is striving to revitalize communities there like East Biloxi that also has a rich African American heritage but the communities been neglected over the years…so I’m looking at this kind of like an important lesson as to how we can do it over there,” said Gordon Jackson, who came to the grand opening from Biloxi, Mississippi.
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