Last Slave Ship Docks at Mobile
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Slavery, Slaves
- Curriculum: African American History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
- Geographical Location: Alabama
- Date: July, 1859
Article abstract: The arrest and prosecution of the Clotilde finally ends the illegal slave trade in the United States.
Summary of Event
There are contradictory reports about slavers—ships especially built to transport slaves—during the period from 1858 to 1861. Historians, however, have managed to piece together an accurate account of the Clotilde, the last U.S. slave ship, which smuggled more than a hundred Africans into Alabama.
The slave trade was outlawed by Congress in 1808. This brutal business continued without serious...
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