Last ship known to smuggle slaves from Africa to US discovered in Alabama's Mobile River nearly 160 years after it was deliberately sunk
The Alabama Historical Commission, in a post on its Facebook page, called the effort to locate the Clotilda a"year-long scientific investigation."
The Clotilda was discovered by a company called SEARCH Inc in collaboration with the commission and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The ship is believed to have been intentionally sunk in 1860 to hide evidence of its use in the slave trade. The team behind the search for the Clotilda discovered a ship with its identifying features underwater in a section of the Mobile River, according to National Geographic.
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