<b>The “enlightening” (<i>The Guardian</i>) true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors’ founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day—by the journalist who discovered the ship’s remains.</b><BR><BR>Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the <I>Clotilda </I>became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite numerous efforts to find the sunken wreck, <I>Clotilda</I> remained hidden for the next 160 years. But in 2019, journalist Ben Raines made international news when he successfully concluded his obsessive quest through the swamps of Alabama to uncover one of our nation’s most important historical artifacts. <BR><BR>Traveling from Alabama to the ancient African kingdom of Dahomey in modern
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The human drama of the slave trade told from a new perspective, from the decks of the slave ship
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Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. From the Middle Passage to the auction block, from the whipping post to the fight for freedom, this book presents not just historical facts,...
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