@elias.williams

@natgeo—As archeaeologists, divers and forensic scientists attempt to recover DNA from the remains of Clotilda, the last known American slave ship, I returned to Mobile, Alabama to photograph descendants of the enslaved africans aboard the ship. Many thanks to @pritheeva and @beckythale for the assist✨ ::::::: Joycelyn Davis, descendent of Clotilda survivor Charlie Lewis. ::::::: Darron Patterson, descendent of Clotilda survivor Pollee Allen. ::::::: Patricia Frazier, descendent of Clotilda survivors James and Lottie Dennison ::::::: Vernetta Henson, descendant of Clotilda survivors Pollee and Rose Allen ::::::: Emmett Lewis, descendant of Clotilda survivor Cudjo Lewis