The wreckage of the last ship suspected of having smuggled people into the United States from Africa as part of the slave trade was recently discovered in the murky waters off the coast of Alabama.
The wreckage of the last ship suspected of having smuggled people into the United States from Africa as part of the slave trade was recently discovered in the murky waters off the coast of Alabama.
According to historians who ID'd the ship, its owners deliberately set it on fire and sunk it more than 160 years ago to cover up its illicit past. A plan to preserve the site of the ship's discovery is currently in the works.
According to historians who ID'd the ship, its owners deliberately set it on fire and sunk it more than 160 years ago to cover up its illicit past. A plan to preserve the site of the ship's discovery is currently in the works.
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