Totally cool discovery and story by Ben Raines of al.com
Wreck found by reporter may be last American slave ship, archaeologists say | AL.com
The Clotilda is believed to be the last slave ship reach the U.S. and after unloading its illegal cargo of slaves -The importation of slaves had been illegal since 1808)- it was burned and sunk. The captured African went on to found Africatown, near Mobile.
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Wreck found in Delta not the Clotilda, the last American slave ship | AL.com
It was a good story and a worthy quest. Which will continue. Wreck found in Delta not the Clotilda, the last American slave ship | AL.com ...
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Totally cool discovery and story by Ben Raines of al.com Wreck found by reporter may be last American slave ship, archaeologists say | A...
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