MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Before Black history month begins, local leaders are ensuring an important part of Mobile’s African American history is not forgotten. Historians say 163 years ago, 110 men, women and children who were kidnapped from their homes and forced into slavery arrived in Mobile aboard the Cloltilda, the last known U.S. slave ship. Those who survived created a community of their own known as Africatown. The site is where the annual Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival hosted by the Clotilda Descendants Association takes place.