#Clotilda

Today is an important anniversary in our community. 160 years ago today, on July 9, 1860, the schooner Clotilda arrived in Mobile Bay. The ship was carrying 110 people who
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What was Walt Whitman doing on a slave ship in 1856? /Thread Whitman had recently published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. Reviews were mixed. He was struggling financially.
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A thread about the four times I met John Lewis:First of all, I stan John Lewis and Muhammad Ali probably more than any men who ever lived. Seriously, I could
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It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation
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