Lewis, Cudjo
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@ The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama
Erik Overbey
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In 1859 Timothy Meaher and Captain William Foster conspired to illegally import a cargo of Africans. They were smuggled into the United States, landing in the Plateau/Magazine Point district north of Mobile. After the Civil War many of the Africans returned to that area and established a settlement they called "Africatown." Cudjo Lewis became their spokesman. He lived well into his nineties. This photo of Lewis in his home in the 1930s is a labyrinth of visual information and interest.
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The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South AlabamaKeywords
- African Americans
- Africatown
- Alabama
- Black Life
- Captain William Foster
- Civil War
- Civil War, 1861 1865
- Confederate States Of America
- Cudjo Lewis
- Emancipation
- Folklife
- History
- Interiors
- Living Conditions
- Magazine Point
- Mobile
- Mobile As A Confederate City, 1861 1865
- Peoples Of Alabama
- Plateau
- Slaver
- Slavery
- Slaves
- Timothy Meaher
- United States