Join us Sunday, November 12th to hear guest speaker, Ben Raines, author of – The Discovery of the Clotilda, the Last Slave Ship.
“The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day—by the journalist who discovered the ship’s remains.
Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide evidence of the crime, allowing the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite numerous efforts to find the sunken wreck, Clotilda remained hidden for the next 160 years. But in 2019, journalist Ben Raines made international news when he successfully concluded his obsessive quest through the swamps of Alabama to uncover one of our nation’s most important historical artifacts.”
Come join us on Sunday,November 12th at 2pm at the Wilcox Female Institute in Camden.
Everyone is welcome to attend! A reception will follow the meeting.
Wilcox Historical Society 