Last American Slave Ship Discovered in Alabama

Go Bama · May 22, 2019

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...he-last-american-slave-ship-found-in-alabama/

The schooner Clotilda—the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America’s shores—has been discovered in a remote arm of Alabama’s Mobile River following an intensive yearlong search by marine archaeologists.

GrayTide · May 23, 2019

Saw that last night, the area it was found in is a treacherous place with thousands of small waterways that would make it difficult to find anything.

alabama mike1 · May 24, 2019

I saw this on the news this morning. Interesting!

Jon · May 24, 2019

a very cool story

ccc2259 · May 24, 2019

Here's hoping the discovery generates enough interest to spawn some investment in the area

Tidewater · May 24, 2019

Go Bama said:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...he-last-american-slave-ship-found-in-alabama/

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Dangerous business to be engaged in. Nathaniel Gordon of Portland Maine was a slave ship captain hanged by the United States for being such.

Most American slave ship captains after 1808 took their cargo to Cuba or Brazil, where the transatlantic slave trade was not (yet) illegal.

92tide · May 26, 2019

https://twitter.com/abc/status/940757931418513408

https://twitter.com/HenryLouisGates/status/940757931418513408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E940757931418513408&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theroot.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-940757931418513408%26autosize%3D1

Go Bama · May 27, 2019

92tide said:
https://twitter.com/abc/status/940757931418513408

https://twitter.com/HenryLouisGates...rame?id=twitter-940757931418513408&autosize=1

Wow ... powerful.

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