Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
Her name at birth was Abake – meaning ‘born to be loved by all’ among the Tarkar people of Western Africa.
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Last known slave ship to the US should stay underwater to preserve ‘crime scene’, experts say
Clotilda is the last known ship to bring enslaved people to the United States from Africa
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The last known intact US slave ship is too 'broken' and should stay underwater, a report recommends
A state-funded investigation says 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
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