Alabama - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 13 Jan 2023 12:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Alabama - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The wreck of the Clotilda ship https://historylab.es/the-wreck-of-the-clotilda-ship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wreck-of-the-clotilda-ship Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/the-wreck-of-the-clotilda-ship/ The horrors of slavery.

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]]> Archaeologists studying the Clotilda, found in 2019, say the wreck may contain many well-preserved artifacts, from food-filled barrels to human DNA. And above all to point out the horrors of the slave trade. The hold of the Clotilda ship became hell for 108 African prisoners brought to Alabama in 1860, more than 50 years after the slave trade was declared illegal. The captain set fire to the schooner to cover his tracks, but much of the boat’s wooden hull was saved.

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