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Clotilda

British  
/ kləˈtɪldə /

noun

  1. ?475–?545 ad , wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Clotilda illegally transported 110 captive people from what is now the west African nation of Benin to Alabama.

From Seattle Times Jul. 9, 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

The film’s revelation is that both of the film’s Mardi Gras queens, Helen Meaher and Steffanie Lucas, had ties to the Clotilda.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2022

Clotilda concealed herself, so as to disturb nothing.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

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