Last American Slave Ship May Have Been Discovered, 2018, 2018 January 24

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Fox News Digital video of the story and possible discovery by Ben Raines, of the Clotilda (sometimes Clotilde) in north Mobile Bay and efforts of the University of West Florida shipwreck archaeology students and faculty to examine the vessel. The ship built in 1855 arrived in Mobile Bay in 1860; it was burned and sunk in northern Mobile Bay after arrival, its location noted by Captain William Foster.

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Slavery
Shipwrecks--North America.

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University of West Florida--Archaeology Institute.
University of West Florida--Archaeology Institute.
Ciaccia, Chris
Ciaccia, Chris

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