'She Walked 15 Miles to Demand Justice': The Hidden Story of the Last Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

'She Walked 15 Miles to Demand Justice': The Hidden Story of the Last Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

For decades, historians believed the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade had already been identified. But a forgotten newspaper interview and decades of buried records revealed another story, one centered on a woman who, even in her seventies, refused to stop fighting for justice. “She walked 15 miles on dirt roads to demand compensation.” That haunting detail is now bringing renewed attention to Matilda McCrear, the Alabama woman his…