Author of 'The Survivors of the Clotilda' to speak in Selma on Feb. 1

Wreck of the slave ship, Clotilda, photograph from Historic Sketches of the South by Emma Langdon Roche, 1914. Image from Wikipedia.org. 

Hannah Durkin, the author of "The Survivors of the Clotilda," will speak about her book and sign copies in Selma on Thursday, Feb. 1. 

The Clotilda was a ship that brought the last known slaves from Africa to the United States in 1860 despite an earlier ban on importing slaves from outside the country. 

The captives were kept until the end of slavery as ratified in the 13th amendment of the Constitution in 1865. Afterwards they spent the rest of their lives in freedom, with some contributing to the early beginnings of civil rights. 

One survivor, Matilda McCrear, died in Selma at the age of 83 in 1940. 

Durkin will speak at 12 p.m. at By the River Center for Humanity on 1306 Water Avenue in Selma. 

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