A state-funded investigation says that Clotilde, the last known U.S. slave ship, is too broken and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without dismembering it. Dives revealed the confined chambers where 110 people were held remain mostly intact.
The last known intact US slave ship is too ‘broken’ and should stay underwater, a report recommends
A state-funded investigation says that Clotilde, the last known U.S. slave ship, is too broken and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without dismembering it. Dives revealed the confined chambers where 110 people were held remain mostly intact.