C: The Last Known Slave Ship in America Flashcards
What is the name of the last known slave ship to enter the United States?
Clotilda
What is the name of the first museum designed to share the story of the nation’s last known slave ship, the Clotilda, and the community that was created by the vessel’s survivors and their descendants?
Africatown Heritage House
Who paid for the Clotilda to sail across the Atlantic Ocean and conduct an illegal slave trade?
Timothy Meaher
How much money did Timothy Meaher bet that he could smuggle Africans as slaves into the United States without being caught?
Timothy Meaher bet $1,000 that he could smuggle Africans as slaves into the United States without being caught.
Who was the captain who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to purchase the slaves?
Captain William Foster
What West African kingdom sold the slaves to Captain William Foster?
Kingdom of Dahomey
Where was the Kingdom of Dahomey located on a present-day map?
Southern Benin
What is the name of the slave port where they were sold?
Ouidah Slave Port or Port of Ouidah
How much did Captain William Foster pay for the African men, women, and children he led forced aboard the Clotilda?
Foster paid $9,000 in gold and merchandise.
Approximately how many days did it take for the Clotilda to sail from Dahomey to Mobile Bay?
45 days
How many West Africans were captured and forced aboard the Clotilda slave ship?
110 West Africans were captured and forced aboard the Clotilda slave ship.
What is the name of the act that outlawed the importation of slaves in America in 1807?
An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves of 1807
What year did the Clotilda land in Mobile Bay?
1860
How many years after the international slave trade was outlawed did the Clotilda arrive in Mobile Bay?
The Clotilda arrived in Mobile Bay 52 years after slavery was outlawed.
How did Foster and Meaher avoid customs when entering Mobile Bay?
Foster and Meaher avoided customs agents by towing the Clotilda up the Mobile River and putting the enslaved Africans on the Steamboat Czar, owned by Timothy Meaher’s brother, Byrnes Meaher.
Where were the enslaved Africans offloaded after they got off the Steamboat Czar?
The enslaved Africans were transported to John Dabney’s Mount Vernon plantation and hidden in the swamp.
Where did Timothy Meaher send the enslaved people aboard the Clotilda?
Timothy Meaher, his brothers Byrnes and James Meaher, John Dabney, and William Foster were all given enslaved Africans who were aboard the Clotilda. Others were sold to plantations in Selma, AL.
Timothy Meaher, William Foster, John Dabney, and Byrens Meaher were all charged for crimes committed, but why were all cases dismissed and charges dropped?
All cases were dismissed and charges were dropped because the Africans could not be found
What war broke out just months following the dismissal of the cases against Meaher and Dabney?
The Civil War
What federal executive order made slavery illegal in the United States and what year was it passed?
The Emancipation Proclamation was passed in 1863
How many years did the captives aboard the Clotilda endure slavery after landing in Mobile?
The captives endured about 5 years of slavery.
What year did the Clotilda captives learn about their freedom from Union soldiers post-emancipation?
1865
How did these African people who were freed in Mobile purchase their first plot of land post-emancipation?
They collectively gathered enough money from selling vegetables and working in fields and mills to purchase land from the Meaher family.
What is the name of the tight-knit, independent community Clotilda survivors established when they became free Americans?
Africatown
What was the hope of the founders of Africatown?
They hoped to recreate Africa in Monile. In the 10 years after learning their freedom, they would become U.S. citizens, purchase their land, build homes, grow their crops, form their own governing body, organize their first church, educate themselves, and vote in the presidential election
27 What are the neighborhoods included in Africatown? Plateau, Magazine Point, Happy Hills, Kelly Hills, Lewis Quarters
28 What is the name of the book written by Zora Neale Hurston that shares the testimony of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last known survivors of the Clotilda? Barracoon
27 What are the neighborhoods included in Africatown? Plateau, Magazine Point, Happy Hills, Kelly Hills, Lewis Quarters
28 What is the name of the book written by Zora Neale Hurston that shares the testimony of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last known survivors of the Clotilda? Barracoon
27 What are the neighborhoods included in Africatown?
Plateau, Magazine Point, Happy Hills, Kelly Hills, Lewis Quarters
What is the name of the book written by Zora Neale Hurston that shares the testimony of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last known survivors of the Clotilda?
Barracoon
