The genuine story of the Clotilda, the last boat to carry prisoners from Africa to the U.S. to be sold as slaves (in spite of a government regulation banning the global slave exchange).

These Africans were taken prisoner by Ruler Ghezo following conflicts with adjoining tribes. They were bought in 1860 from the Lord in a famous slave port in Africa.

Following Liberation a significant number of these prisoners wound up residing in the Portable region where they established Africatown and shaped their own administration, schools, stores , and so on. In the mid 1900s Africatown was the fourth biggest local area in the US represented by African-Americans. Africatown keeps on existing in southern Alabama.

The writer's endeavors, and achievement, in finding the Clotilda in the Versatile Waterway is likewise a major piece of this book. The Clotilda had been scorched and sunk by its proprietors with an end goal to stay away from indictment for unlawful vehicle of human freight.

"Finding the Clotilda makes it conceivable to see the historical backdrop of the slave exchange human terms, to deliver that story once again from the past into the present and to make it unmistakable. It likewise gives an amazing chance to individuals to reflect and talk freely, straightforwardly and top to bottom around perhaps of America's most excruciating heritage." said the Smithsonian.

Finding the submerged boat legitimized the relatives stories, "You don't know what it means. They've been calling us liars for years" Today the Smithsonian, the State and others are working with the local area of Africa town to "preserve the memory of the Clotilda and the legacy of slavery and freedom in Alabama.