Mobile Public Library Digital Collections

Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

Browse Items (31 total)

Item 1 African Dreams.pdf
Book review of Sylviane Diouf's book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Last Africans Brought to America

Last slave ship sunk.pdf
Newspaper article on the Clotilda

Last Cargo of Slaves Note.pdf
Mobile Public Library note on the Clotilda

Item 43.pdf
Newspaper article on the Clotilda and its aftermath

Mobile given plaque honoring noted slave.pdf
Newspaper article on a plaque honoring Cudjo Lewis

An overlooked heritage Nov. 6 2002 12A.pdf
Editorial on the Clotilda and Africatown

Benin roots mix with Africatown cuisine Nov. 10 2002 Mobile Register 1B, 3B.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown and Benin

Dispute over bust continues Apr. 22 2002 1B, 3B.pdf
Newspaper article on Cudjo's bust
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