Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created by Nick Tabor
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Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created by Nick Tabor. After emancipation, those survivors and their descendants refused to be dispersed. A story of extraordinary resilience and historical injustice. Africatown — Nick Tabor — JT Enterportals. The Clotilda & Africatown. Africatown — Nick Tabor — JT Enterportals JT Enterportals · American History · African American Studies Algonquin Books · 2023 Clotilda · Mobile, Alabama Hardcover · EC ⛵ Africatown America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created Nick Tabor About This Book In 1860, more than a decade after the international slave trade had been outlawed, a Mobile, Alabama businessman illegally commissioned a voyage — and the schooner Clotilda arrived carrying 110 enslaved Africans, the last such ship to reach American shores. After emancipation, those survivors and their descendants refused to be dispersed. They built their own community north of Mobile: Africatown. In this acclaimed 2023 work, journalist Nick Tabor traces the full story of Africatown from its founding through the industrial encroachment, environmental devastation, and ongoing fight for recognition that have defined its modern history — bringing to life one of the most remarkable and underknown chapters in American history. The Clotilda & Africatown The Clotilda was discovered in the Mobile River delta in 2019, confirming a story long told by Africatown residents and long doubted by outsiders. The discovery brought renewed national attention to Africatown and its community — and set the stage for Tabor's comprehensive investigation of how that community was built, sustained, and nearly destroyed by industry and neglect. A story of extraordinary resilience and historical injustice. About the Author Nick Tabor is a journalist whose work has appeared in New York magazine, the Paris Review Daily, and other publications. Africatown represents years of reporting in Mobile, Alabama, combining investigative journalism with deep historical research to tell the story of the Clotilda's survivors and the community they built. Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023. ⛵ The Clotilda America's last known slave ship — discovered in the Mobile River delta in 2019, confirming what Africatown residents had always known. 🏘️ Africatown The extraordinary community founded by the Clotilda's survivors north of Mobile — built on refusal, resilience, and self-determination. ⚖️ Environmental Justice Industrial encroachment, environmental devastation, and the ongoing fight for recognition — a story of modern injustice as much as historical atrocity. 📰 Acclaimed 2023 Journalism Reported with the depth and rigor of investigative journalism — Nick Tabor's years of on-the-ground work in Mobile made visible. Author Nick Tabor Publisher Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Year 2023 Subject Clotilda · Africatown · Mobile, AL Format Hardcover with Dust Jacket Condition EC / Near Fine ⚠ Condition — EC / Near Fine Cover clean with minimal handling and shelf wear — bright and well-preserved Dust jacket intact with no tears, chips, or significant creasing Binding tight and uncreased throughout Pages clean and crisp — no foxing, yellowing, or moisture damage No writing, underlining, or highlighting anywhere Unread or lightly read condition Sold as-is; all flaws fully disclosed Ideal For African American History Clotilda & Slave Trade History Africatown Research Environmental Justice Southern History Collections Mobile, Alabama History Investigative Journalism Readers JT ENTERPORTALS · SAME OR NEXT BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING · ALL FLAWS DISCLOSED · QUESTIONS WELCOME >>Powered by WonderLister App
