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Africatown

Africatown, also known as AfricaTown USA and Plateau, is a historic community located three miles (5 km) north of downtown Mobile, Alabama. It was formed by a group of 32 West Africans, who in 1860 were bought and transported against their will in the last known illegal shipment of slaves to the United States. The Atlantic slave trade had been banned…

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Location
Roughly bounded by Jakes Ln., Paper Mill & Warren Rds., Chin & Railroad Sts., in Mobile, Alabama
Added to NRHP
December 4, 2012
NRHP reference No.
12000990

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Africatown Historic District

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related to Representation in other media · 83
Africatown → Africa, African-American, Africans, Africatown's, Alabama, Alabama Historical Association, Alabama Historical Commission, Amistad Press, April, Art, Barracoon, BBC Radio, Beth Duke, Black, Black Cargo, Black Heritage, Black Heritage Council, Captain Timothy Meaher, Captain William Foster's, Chair
related to Further reading · 68
Africatown → Africa, Alabama, Alain Locke Collection, America, America's Last Slave Ship, Amistad, An Alabama Shipwreck Reveals, Aspiotes, Barracoon, Ben, Black Cargo, Community, Conn, Created, Diouf, Dreams, Emma Langdon, Extraordinary Reckoning, February, George
related to External links · 46
Africatown → Africa, AL, Alabama, Alabama Historians Say The, Archived, Bridge, Capt, Clotilda, CollectionsLawrence Specker, CT, December, Diouf, Encyclopedia, Gulf, Has Been Found, Ingber, January, Joe Womack, Journal, July
related to Post-Civil War to World War II · 28
Africatown → Accounts, Africans, After, Among, Charles Lewis, Charlie Poteet, Chickasabogag Creek, Civil War, Clotilda, Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis, Cudjoe Lewis, Emma Langdon Roche, He, Jaba, Jabez, Kazoola, Kossola, Maggie, Meaher, Meaher's
related to Discovery of the wreck of the Clotilda · 19
Africatown → Alabama Historical Commission, Ben Raines, Clotilda, In January, Joe Turner, Marine Sciences, Mile Island, Mobile River, Monty Graham, On April, On March, On May, One, Raines, Search Inc, Southern Mississippi, The, Underwater Works Dive Shop, University
related to Africatown Historic District · 17
Africatown → Africatown Community Mobilization Project, Africatown Historic District, AfricaTown Mobilization Project, Alabama's, Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge, Congress, In, Its, Library, Local Legacy Project, Materials, Mobile's, Most, Part, Representative Sonny Callahan, United States, USA
related to Post-World War II changes · 17
Africatown → Afro-American Life, Amoco Foundation, Association, Bienville Square, City, History, In, It, Lewis, Mobile, Plateau, Statue, Study, The Cudjo Lewis Memorial, Union Missionary Baptist Church, Up, World War II
related to 2017 pollution lawsuit · 8
Africatown → Given, In, International Paper, IP, IP's, Meaher Jr, Residents, The
Added to NRHP · 1
Africatown → December 4, 2012
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clotilda mobile alabama community historic slaves slave known also last people district ship lewis history africans later published century west

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AfricatownLocationRoughly bounded by Jakes Ln., Paper Mill & Warren Rds., Chin & Railroad Sts., in Mobile, Alabama1.00infobox
AfricatownNRHP reference No.120009901.00infobox
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Africatownrelated to 2017 pollution lawsuitResidents0.60section
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Africatownrelated to 2017 pollution lawsuitInternational Paper0.60section
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