The Last Slave Ship in American History

Newspaper account shows the South was eager to kickstart the Transatlantic Slave Trade back into life

Apr 23, 2021

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The clipping above comes from the July 28, 1860 edition of the Yorkville Enquirer, of York, South Carolina.

We know now the 23 native Africans came to Mobile Bay aboard the Clotilda, a slave ship built by wealthy Mobile businessman Timothy Meaher. Hearing of strife in the African kingdom of Dahomey, today’s Benin, and of a chieftain there with thousands…

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