AdvertisementExploring the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in the U.S., brings hopeJune 15, 2022Debbie ElliottMarisa PeñalozafacebookEmailDescendant Vernetta Henson sits outside Union Baptist Church in Africatown. The church was started by Clotilda survivors in 1869. To her left is the bust of Cudjoe Lewis, one of Africatown's founders. (NPR)