Descendants of the Last Slave Ship Fight to Preserve Their History

Descendants of the Last Slave Ship Fight to Preserve Their History | NowThis

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The last U.S.-bound slave ship arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860. Now its descendants are hoping the boat’s remnants will help their community out of economic and environmental disaster.
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In US news and current events today, NowThis News is revealing the story of Africatown and its place in US history. We’ve heard about 1619. but there’s another date overlooked in U.S. history: 1860. the year the last slave ship ever known to land in North America - the Clotilda - arrived in Alabama.
Descendants formed the small community of Africatown, which has faced economic and environmental ruin. Now, area residents hope the discovery of the ship, will revitalize the town, and help preserve its history.
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@TakiMomoify 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Mobile! My great great great grandfather was brought here on that boat.

@diodio9494 4 жыл бұрын

Lucky you. You're able to trace your roots, I'm in FL and there was so many inconsistencies like name changes, blended family, relocations, ect.... That every time I try to trace back I hit a brick wall as far back as I get is my grandma. I don't know where to look from here. Again you are so lucky.

@jessetorres8738 4 жыл бұрын

I took a college course back when I was at TCU where the professor defined "White Privilege" as not having more advantages in life, rather having fewer disadvantages/discriminations in life (so opposite of what it sounds like). Essentially, in our country's history, White people (with few exceptions) have not faced the multiple generations oppression that most People Of Color (particularly African Americans) have faced, resulting in fewer disadvantages for them today. Sure, if you're a wealthy White person, you are better off than all average/poor people in America, but if you're a middle class White person, you still have better chances to succeed in life because you don't have the systemic disadvantages that African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans at a similar social class level have. Finally, when a person of color does become successful in America, it is not because of "Reverse Discrimination" as some White Americans argue, rather it is because they have managed to overcome the disadvantages that they faced that many of their White counterparts didn't have to face.

@geryhabul8923 4 жыл бұрын

Jesse Torres 🙌🏾👏🏾

@lovelycurls4628 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@paulwinegardener8407 4 жыл бұрын

Jesse Torres Definition of Heritage is inheritance. So, when white people say the Confederate flag is that and not racist they are saying their rightful inheritance that is being denied; they have always been allotted their inheritance of properties though...the only property ownership that changed was the people that are no longer property.

@killiun55 4 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@jessica92478 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@gustavogoikoetxea4524 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching me this!

@Existential_Dread 4 жыл бұрын

Civil disobedience can only go so far when fighting for social change. This country has A LOT of explaining to do. Thanks for the video.

@TJL2010 4 жыл бұрын

I want to see the records they found...

@lailonnib 4 жыл бұрын

GOLDEN LADY same...

@jamedraa8472 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that they mentioned pollution is important. During the pres. debate when racial discrimination was addressed a candidate mentioned pollution & climate change. He was told to get back on topic. People don't see the connection. Perhaps Africa town should invite more outsiders to their celebration. Organize events to attract crowds & revenue.

@isabelrowbotham359 4 жыл бұрын

There is an amazing article about this discovery and the history of the Clotilda on National Geographic. I recommend everyone to read it.

@jessetorres8738 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a former TCU student and we once had a guest speaker named Joe Feagin (a Caucasian) who spoke about the history of systemic racism/the white racial frame that defines American history. Dr. Feagin basically said that throughout all of American history (1607-2017), 83% of our history can be categorized/defined by White racism/suppression of People Of Color (mainly Africans). As a result, out of 21 generations of Americans, only the last 3/4 have grown up with no legal/de jure segregation and where institutionalized racism be a factor/way of life for minorities. However, despite this, prejudice, stereotyping, intolerance, bigotry, and individual discrimination still exist because of the fact it had defined so many past generations and the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s weren't enough to end the morals that individuals pass on to their children, even if they are academics/educated on the history of oppression minorities faced. That said, he was hopeful that with each generation that follows the 1960s, we will see less racial tension/discrimination in our society and it is up to all of us to be moral/informed of these plights in order to make this country better for Americans of all races.

@llc1976 4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@mariag.8242 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, schools are now almost as segregated as they were before Brown

@MichaelSmith-yg8mc 2 жыл бұрын

This video just inspired me to take another trip back to Africatown and make change!

@yomommastupid 3 жыл бұрын

I just came from Mobile Alabama for a short visit and seen the separation between wealthy downtown/college across the river and poor communities including poor whites...

@akutheshapeshifter199 4 жыл бұрын

As a black man living in Mississippi💁🏾‍♂️I WILL TELL ANYBODY IM NOT PROUD TO BE A AMERICAN🗣

@90dayslater28 4 жыл бұрын

well there's plenty more countries to move to

@joceyjoce4333 3 жыл бұрын

@@90dayslater28 yes there is. The United States isn't the whole world. Some people think that, that's how ignorant and close minded they are.

@joenaijahsweetangel5 4 жыл бұрын

Wow.. thank you for this opportunity to watch this video. I never knew this nor is in history book in school. I hope the area becomes better and they get to have the museum

@FungalNetwork 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Thank you so much on featuring such an important topic and giving the community of Africatown a public voice!

@illyrianwarr1or 11 ай бұрын

Respect.

@stroop3666 2 жыл бұрын

I am the hope and dream of the SLAVE and I am so Proud!!!!

@tonyj59 Жыл бұрын

Fight sister! Never forget your ancestors..

@Zeldarw104 4 жыл бұрын

Wow.😑✍🏿🔔🌹 The History.💓💯✍🏾

@alecia175 4 жыл бұрын

You ever see that show Home Town. They fix up old home in their town one by one. Once the industrial waste gets cleaned up. I think a homebuying initiative would be a good fit. Since it would bring younger families to the area. And a lot of those people looking for home on that show are looking to start a business or already have a business in that town. I don't think it's hopeless if can be done.

@lailonnib 4 жыл бұрын

Apologize....don’t hold your breath

@ShaneM420 7 ай бұрын

We don't need no apology. Just give Black People the MONEY and LAND you stole. Our free labor built this country and the USA needs to pay.

@stroop3666 2 жыл бұрын

God bless you sistas and brothers!!!

@suzannebert3652 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the 1970's most of the mills were up North. Due to the cost, they all moved down South "cheaper labor"

@kevinmahon7848 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You KZfaq.

@stroop3666 2 жыл бұрын

My three times great gmaw Holly Leffall was from there. My four times great parent are from the Meadows Plantation. We migrated to Texas

@machariakigo2482 16 күн бұрын

Sad our fore folks went through uncouth experience 😞😞

@itsmejas0n 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t the last ship burned to destroy all evidence?

@ngray60 4 жыл бұрын

Meb it was sunk but the waters have receded in recent years which has exposed the wreckage of the ship.

@stroop3666 2 жыл бұрын

I will probably break down and cry when I arrive.

@747REDFELLA1 Жыл бұрын

They were totally stripped from their culture..You would think they would a some of their African culture still attached like the gullah geechee ppl of Charleston South Carolina and the sea islands

@stroop3666 2 жыл бұрын

I might be a descendant from that slave ship. I have GOT to on that ship!!!

@staceyadams2272 Жыл бұрын

Not going to happen-ever. Sad abuse of humans...lethal.

@jeffaholics2289 Жыл бұрын

alleged slave owners??

@kivloli8385 4 жыл бұрын

The real Israelites are black people.

@quincyquincy4764 4 жыл бұрын

I would've loved for the Meaher familie to come forward and say something, show records or at least show that they are not the same people as their ancestors

@badferritbadferrit5526 4 жыл бұрын

Thankfully Britain put an end to the slave trade

@waydetahtawy319 2 жыл бұрын

I'm playing my part in seeking justice .

@shebrewdna5576 4 жыл бұрын

YOU MEAN THE BIBLICAL ISRAELITES Deuteronomy 28:68 King James Version (KJV) 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt =(CAPTIVITY/BONDAGE ) again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. King James Version (KJV)