After the Clotilda: Africatown’s Hidden History

After the 2019 discovery of the Clotilda’s remains in the Mobile River, this history examines Africatown, a community in Mobile, Alabama. It traces its origins to Africans illegally brought there on the ship in 1860 and enslaved, then considers survivors and descendants who maintained their history and culture for more than 160 years. The community also confronts pollution, a threat to it, and environmental racism.