What can I say. This 1938 film shows Alabama poverty not unlike that prevalent in Alabama for many, many decades.
It caught my attention because of the person identified by The NY Times as being the LAST survivor of the last slave ship to the U.S. from Africa, landing in Mobile Alabama.
(NOTE: I HATE HATE HATE people who insert their own stamp on PUBLIC VIDEO OWNED BY THE TAXPAYERS, as if they somehow own it. OK, I feel better, Thanks a lot "Reel Black". You may have found it, but you do NOT own it. Remove your nice colorful stamp.)
From The New York Times story:
"The new findings, published last week in
the journal "Slavery and Abolition", are likely to be subject to
scholarly debate, because there are few records documenting the lives of
the last Africans to be captured and brought to the United States on
slave ships.
the journal "Slavery and Abolition", are likely to be subject to
scholarly debate, because there are few records documenting the lives of
the last Africans to be captured and brought to the United States on
slave ships.
Regardless of Redoshi’s precise historical status, the researcher, Hannah Durkin, has pieced
together accounts from different sources and census records to carve out
the remarkable life of a woman who survived the treacherous Middle
Passage voyage at age 12, was sold as a child bride, and lived through
the Civil War and the Great Depression. According to Dr. Durkin, Redoshi
died in 1937; Lewis died in 1935."
together accounts from different sources and census records to carve out
the remarkable life of a woman who survived the treacherous Middle
Passage voyage at age 12, was sold as a child bride, and lived through
the Civil War and the Great Depression. According to Dr. Durkin, Redoshi
died in 1937; Lewis died in 1935."
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