Last Known Slave Ship Is Remarkably Well Preserved, Researchers Say

A sonar image showing the wreckage of the Clotilda, the last ship known to have brought enslaved people to the United States from Africa.Credit…SEARCH Inc./Alabama Historical Commission, via Associated Press In 2019, a team of researchers confirmed that a wooden wreck resting off the muddy banks of the Mobile River in Alabama was the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States.

Now, the researchers say they have made another startling discovery: The wreck is remarkably well-preserved. As much as two-thirds of the original structure remains, including the hold below the main deck […]

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