Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama

"This finding is also a critical piece of the story of Africatown, which was built by the resilient descendants of America’s last slave ship."

Descendants’ Stories of a Slave Ship Drew Doubts. Now Some See Validation.

“So many people said that it didn’t really happen that way, that we made the story up,” one woman said of the boat that brought her great-great-grandfather to America.

How a Look Inside a Slave Ship Turned the Tide Toward Abolition

by Sheldon Cheek

For the first time, British society could grasp the horrific conditions experienced by people who had little control over their fate. Centuries later, the haunting imagery of the ship’s cargo still resonates.