Clotilda descendants kick off four-day weekend for annual LEAF Festival

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Thursday kicked off the first day of the annual Landing Event and Ancestor Festival in Mobile, also known as LEAF.

LEAF will feature a line-up of events over the next four days to celebrate the history of the Clotilda survivors and their descendants.

The Clotilda was the last known slave ship to sail into the US, arriving in Mobile in 1860…

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