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 (39 total)

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

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

At Africatown, more to do Sept. 22 2008 Press-Register 6A Editorial.pdf
Editorial on the story of Africatown

Meaher image.pdf
Image of Captain Tim Meaher

Item 2 Clotilda Last Slave Voyage.pdf
Newspaper article on the Clotilda

Item 40 Real.pdf
Newspaper articles on Capt. Meaher's death and various information about Dahomey

Descendants of Clotilde survivor heading here by the hundreds Aug. 13 1998 Mobile Register 1A, 13A.pdf
Newspaper article on reunion of some Clotilda survivor descendants
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