Historian discusses lives of last known U.S. slave ship passengers
January 30, 2019
By Greg Phillips
Dr. Sylviane Diouf discussed the lives of Cudjo Lewis and his fellow passengers on the Clotilda during TROY's 2019 McPherson-Mitchell Lecture.
The story of the Clotilda is about more than just the last known ship to bring slaves from Africa to the U.S. — it’s about a group of teenagers who built a life and a lasting community in a strange land.
Dr. Sylviane Diouf, an African Diaspora historian and author of the book “Dreams of…