Africatown Part 2
from The Forgotten Coast Hosted by The Forgotten Coast
Africatown, Alabama is tucked away on the Mobile Bay. It is a place of incredible historical significance, and continuing racism and environmental neglect. Africatown was one of the first freedman's towns in the United States, and remarkably, it was founded by African-born people who yearned for a home they could never return to. The Meaher family financed the voyage of the last American slave ship, Clotilde, which transported 110 enslaved people and spirited them up the Mobile River just a few years before the onset of the Civil War. The Meahers and their legacy continue to plague the Africatown community today. Major Joe Womack, your guide to Africatown's history and renaissance, guides us through Africatown's boom as an industrial center, damage from environmental harm and systemic racism, and the future of tourism centered around the Clotilde and the story of its passengers.
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