,,iii  #aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 ,,res4 #cae  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!
 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,septemb] #ag1        
#bjai,mr4 ,jones 7= himself & ,mr4      
,%elby7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2   
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &
 ,natural ,res\rces  ,febru>y #bg1      
#bjbj;,committee dis*>g$2 consid]$ &    
agre$ to  ,,resolution  ,memorializ+ !  
discov]y ( ! ,clotilda4  ,:]eas1 f #aebe
 to #ahff1 ! transatlantic slave trade  
result$ 9 m ?an #ab1jjj1jjj individuals 
be+ tak5 f _! homes 9 ,africa & made to 
endure ! horrors ( ! ,middle ,passage to
 ! ,am]icas1 :]e ^? individuals 7 =c$   
into enslavem5t2 ,:]eas1 on ,m>* #b1    
#ahjg1 ,congress enact$ legislation     
bann+ ! importation ( enslav$ p1 :i* w5t
 into effect on ,janu>y #a1 #ahjh2      
,:]eas1 9 contrav5tion ( t ban1 ! la/   
enslav$ ,africans =c$ to endure ! voyage
 to ! ,unit$ ,/ates came abo>d !        
,clotilda1 :i*-- 7#a7 left f ,:ydah1    
mod]n-day ,b591 9 ,may ( #ahfj2  7#b7   
arriv$ 9 ,port ( ,p9es 9 ,gr& ,bay1     

,mississippi1 on ,july #i1 #ahfj2 &     
7#c7 0 ultimately br\ght to ,mobile     
,bay1 ,alabama1 on ,july #ad1 #ahfj1    
c>ry+ #aaj individuals1 includ+ m51     
wom51 & *ildr52 ,:]eas1 %ortly aft]     
arrival 9 ,mobile ,bay1 ,alabama1 !     
,capta9 ( ! ,clotilda scuttl$ & burn$ ! 
%ip to ! wat]l9e 9 ord] to conceal !    
evid5ce ( 8 crime2 ,:]eas1 foll[+ ! end 
( ! ,civil ,w> & ! emancipation (       
enslav$ ,africans1 "s ( ! captives      
br\ght to ! ,unit$ ,/ates abo>d !       
,clotilda settl$ 9 ! area n[ kn[n z     
,africat[n1 ,alabama2 ,:]eas1 on ,may   
#bb1 #bjai1 ! ,alabama ,hi/orical       
,commission & a team ( sci5ti/s confirm$
 t a wreckage f\nd 9 ! ,twelve ,mile    
,isl& section ( ! ,mobile ,riv] 0 !     
,clotilda2 ,:]eas1 9 ! #afj ye>s s9ce ! 
,clotilda 0 br\ght to ,mobile ,bay1 !   
resid5ts ( ,africat[n1 ,alabama1 h play$
 a critical role 9 pres]v+ ! unique &   
important h]itage & traditions ( _!     
community2 ,:]eas ! ,africat[n ,hi/oric 
,di/rict 0 li/$ on ! ,national ,regi/] (

 ,hi/oric ,places on ,decemb] #d1 #bjab1
 & is home to a numb] ( important       
hi/oric sites1 includ+-- 7#a7 ! ,mobile 
,c\nty ,tra9+ ,s*ool2  7#b7 ! ,old      
,l&m>k ,bapti/ ,*ur*1 n[ kn[n z ! ,union
 ,bapti/ ,*ur*2 &  7#c7 ! ,africat[n    
,cemet]y1 :]e _m ( ! individuals :o     
surviv$ ! =c$ migration to ! ,unit$     
,/ates 9 #ahfj are buri$3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be
 x  ,t x is ! s5se ( ! ,s5ate t-- 7#a7 !
 rec5t confirmation ( ! wreckage ( !    
,clotilda1 ! la/ slave %ip to arrive 9 !
 ,unit$ ,/ates1 con/itutes a monum5tal  
discov]y ( local1 national1 &           
int]national importance & educational   
value2  7#b7 discov]y ( ! ,clotilda may 
s]ve z an inflection po9t = mean+ful    
conv]sation ab\t bo? pa/ & pres5t       
inju/ices2  7#c7 ! resid5ts (           
,africat[n1 ,alabama1 embody a _s (     
resili5ce & a det]m9ation to build a    
bett] community = _! desc5dants2 &  7#d7
 all ef=ts %\ld be made-- 7,a7 to       
pres]ve & protect ! ,clotilda &         
associat$ hi/oric sites 9 ,africat[n1   

,alabama2 &  7,b7 to use ! discov]y ( ! 
,clotilda to provide education to local1
 national1 & int]national audi5ces      
ab\t-- 7i7 ! viol5t hi/ory ( !          
transatlantic slave trade2  7ii7 !      
/ories ( ! la/ enslav$ ,africans to     
arrive 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 &  7iii7 ! ri*
 & unique hi/ory ( ! community built by 
! desc5dants ( ^? individuals4