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Last Known Ship To Bring Slaves To U.S. Discovered In Alabama
The Clotilda operated in secret, decades after Congress banned the importation of slaves into the country in 1807.
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Last Survivor Of A Slave Ship Identified, And Her Story Is Remarkable
Researchers have identified Redoshi as the last known African-born survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade when she died in 1937, according to a statement released Tuesday by Newcastle University in Great Britain.
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The Last US Slave Ship Was Burned To Hide Its Horrors. A Storm May Have Unearthed It
In the summer of 1860, half a century after the United States banned the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Capt. William Foster sneaked 110 African slaves into Mobile, Alabama - and knew that the floating evidence of the illegal deed could get him killed.
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Last Known Ship To Bring Slaves To U.S. Discovered In Alabama
The Clotilda operated in secret, decades after Congress banned the importation of slaves into the country in 1807.
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Last Survivor Of A Slave Ship Identified, And Her Story Is Remarkable
Researchers have identified Redoshi as the last known African-born survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade when she died in 1937, according to a statement released Tuesday by Newcastle University in Great Britain.
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The Last US Slave Ship Was Burned To Hide Its Horrors. A Storm May Have Unearthed It
In the summer of 1860, half a century after the United States banned the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Capt. William Foster sneaked 110 African slaves into Mobile, Alabama - and knew that the floating evidence of the illegal deed could get him killed.
