As a bet, man sneaked in a slave ship in 1860. Kin of those Africans honored them this weekend

The descendants of the 110 people aboard the Clotilda held a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the vessel’s arrival.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America’s shores gathered over the weekend on the banks of an Alabama river to pay tribute to their ancestors.

The descendants of the 110 people aboard the  today!

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