The day has finally come for the official unveiling of a local museum highlighting an important part of African American history.
Friday was a celebration for the city of Mobile. The community came together for a ceremony where leaders declared the Africatown Heritage House as the location of a new exhibit about the Clotilda, the last known ship that brought slaves to the U-S.
Descendants of the 110 individuals forced into slavery were at Friday’s dedication ceremony for the museum highlighting their ancestor’s stories. Two of those descendants are Barry Lumbers and Altevese Lumbers-Rosario, the great-great-great-granddaughter and great-great grandson of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Clotilda.
“I’m very happy that the state of Alabama and the city of Mobile are behind us so we can show the world what really happened,” said Lumbers.
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