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May 22, 2019
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#BREAKINGNEWS
:
#Clotilda
, the last ship to bring enslaved persons to the United States, has been discovered along the Mobile River in
#Alabama
.
SEARCH, Inc.
in collaboration with the
Alabama Historical Commission
and the Slave Wrecks Project of the
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
, have announced their findings after a comprehensive, yearlong scientific investigation. Financial support for the project was provided in part by the
National Geographic Society
.
Click the link below to read the full story from National Geographic.
nationalgeographic.com
Exclusive: 'Last American slave ship' discovered in Alabama
…
The schooner Clotilda smuggled African captives into the U.S. in 1860, more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed.
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Barbara Hill
Kimberly Hill
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Karen Sivebæk Munk
David Whitney Knight Sr. David Knight Jr.
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Ciera René
Good. Now set it on fire.
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Roslyn Williams
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Malik Naveed
They should also find a ship in which Kunta Kinty, forefather of Alex Hailey, brought from Africa with brutality.
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Sonja Nelson Castjohn
Trish Sawdon, ,check it out. Looks like they really found it this time.
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Katherine Launer
This is history. I hope people believe that history counts. Now people are tearing down statues and important historical markers. Good or bad, history is part of who we are and should not be destroyed.
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Amelia Thomas
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Lekendrick Maiben
My hometown
#Plateau
#Africatown
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