Clotilda
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Black history is gaining more attention with books about, for instance, the Tulsa massacre and the slave ship Clotilda, but books like yours and Clint Smith’s “How the Word Is Passed” take a broader approach.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
On that journey, Hurston interviewed Cudjo Lewis, then the oldest living formerly enslaved man who had been abducted on the Clotilda ship, the last slave ship to the United States.
From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023
She heard little about the Clotilda as she grew up.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
While some members of the Africatown community have advocated for reparations for Clotilda descendants, the family’s statement made no mention of that topic.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
Clotilda said in French to the Doctor, "One must not give her any command too monarchically; now she will not rest till I have tried my extremest method."
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
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