Slave Descendants Cautiously Anticipate Meeting With Slave Owners’ Heirs

10/31/2022

The Clotilda slave ship was found in the Mobile River in 2019.

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Slave Descendants Cautiously Anticipate Meeting With Slave Owners’ Heirs

Families of the survivors of the last known U.S. slave ship have begun talking to owner of the vessel’s descendants.
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