Beneath the muddy waters of the Mobile River lies the shipwrecked Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring slaves from Africa.
Wreckage from the last known slave ship, the Clotilda is believed to have been discovered recently in Alabama.
In 1794, a Portuguese slave ship, dubbed Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa, sank near Capetown while en route from Mozambique to Brazil. Now over 200 years later, archeologists and divers believe they have discovered the remains from the ship. There were more than 500 slaves on board when the ship sank. The crew and more than […]
