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The underwater hunt for the lost ship of an American slave trafficker

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This was one of the last ships to illegally bring enslaved Africans after the 1850 law that banned the trafficking of Africans in the Brazilian Empire. The American brig Camargo was found almost 200 years after it sank. The expedition was led by the Afrorigens team, which is based in Rio de Janeiro.

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The underwater hunt for the lost ship of an American slave trafficker

ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil — Gilson Rambelli motored out into the dark waters, thinking of the crime that had haunted him for years. The evidence of it was down there, in the bay’s depths. That was where the researcher believed…

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The underwater hunt for the lost ship of an American slave trafficker

In 1852, Nathaniel Gordon sailed the Camargo to Brazil, illegally sold 500 enslaved Africans, and burned and sank the ship. Now divers think they’ve found it.

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The Washington Post broke the news in on Sunday, March 31, 2024.
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