Last known slave ship to the US should stay underwater to preserve ‘crime scene’, experts say Clotilda is the last known ship to bring enslaved people to the United States from Africa The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024
The last known intact US slave ship is too 'broken' and should stay underwater, a report recommends A state-funded investigation says the last known U.S. slave ship is too broken and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without dismembering it The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024
Film explores descendants of last known U.S. slave ship The Netflix film "Descendant" is backed by the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions. Axios · Jan 15, 2023
Family of financier of last U.S. slave ship breaks silence Descendants of the Alabama man responsible for illegally bringing 110 African captives to America aboard the last U.S. slave ship have broken generations of public silence The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022
‘Descendant’ considers a slave ship and what remains in its wake Netflix documentary thoughtfully navigates family stories, questions of justice and the aftereffects on a community in Alabama. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 21, 2022
Descendant: the untold story of an illegal slave ship and the legacy it left behind A new Netflix documentary tells the story of activists in Africatown, a Black community in Alabama, as they fight to reclaim their history The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2022
Exploring the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in the U.S., brings hope The discovery of the ship on an Alabama river bottom has fostered a renewed hope for descendants of the Clotilda's captives, and the community they founded called Africatown. WEKU · Jun 15, 2022
Sundance: 'Descendant' chronicles a Black history uncovered Rarely have past and present mingled in a documentary the way they do in “Descendant,” a nonfiction account of the last known ship to bring African captives to the American South for enslavement The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022