A heritage center honoring the survivors of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to come to the U.S., opens on Saturday.
James P. Delgado, Ph.D, a maritime archaeologist and senior vice president of Search Inc., helped lead the team of experts who conclusively verified the ship’s identity.
“As curator, I have spent years reading and writing stories of the survivors,” said McCrummen Fowler. “You can’t do that and not be changed.” After Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and slavery was fully abolished two years later, the survivors envisioned a return to Africa but lacked the financial means.
Altevese Lumbers-Rosario is the great-great-great-granddaughter of survivor Kossula Oluale , and vice president of CDA. The Heritage House building, located in the heart of Africatown, is approximately 5,000 square feet and painted a shade of blue meant to honor survivors of the Clotilda.
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