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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 (140 total)

Item 5 Africatown.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown, referencing the Clotilda

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Religion Bulletin Special Services Union Baptist Church Aug. 14 2004 Mobile Register 5D.pdf
Newspaper article on the 144th anniversary of the Clotilda's landing

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Cudjo Census 1.pdf
Records on Cudjo Lewis and family in the 1880 census

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25th Original Africatown Folk Festival slated for this weekend Mar. 14 2007 Press-Register 1B, 6B.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown festival and history

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A celebration of heritage Dec. 26 2006 Press-Register 1D, 3D.pdf
Newspaper article on Africatown and Kwanzaa

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Memoir of Lottie Dennison.pdf
Section from Mable Dennison's biography for Lottie Dennison. Full book is available for viewing at Mobile Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division.

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Abache image.pdf
Image of Abache

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clotilda 6.jpg
Image of Abache and Cudjo Lewis

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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

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Africatown could be a major historic site Feb. 8 2011 Press-Register 5A.pdf
Editorial on Africatown

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