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Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast

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Most of the wooden schooner remains intact, including the pen that was used to imprison African captives during the brutal journey across the Atlantic Ocean. While the upper portion of the two-masted Clotilda is gone, the section below deck where the captured Africans and stockpiles were held is still largely in one piece after being buried for decades in a section of river that hasn't been dredged.

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Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast

Researchers have made another discovery about the wreckage of the Clotilda along the coast of Alabama.

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Research: Wreck of last US slave ship found mostly intact on coast

"It's a stunning revelation," said maritime archaeologist James Delgado of the Florida-based SEARCH Inc.

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Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on Alabama coast

This sonar image created by SEARCH Inc. and released by the Alabama Historical Commission shows the remains of the Clotilda, the last known U.S. ship involved in the trans-Atlantic slave

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Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, buried in mud on the Alabama coast since it was scuttled in 1860, have made the surprising

5 years ago·Richmond, United States

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