Wreckage of Last Known U.S. Slave Ship May Have Just Been Discovered

One of the last pieces of America's dark past may have finally been found.

January 25, 2018

The Lincoln Emancipation Statue — WASHINGTON, D.C. - NOVEMBER 11: The Lincoln Emancipation Statue sits in Lincoln Park on November 11, 2017 in Washington D.C.'s Capital Hill neighborhood. Paid for by former slaves and placed in the park in 1876, the statue depicts racial attitudes of the 19th century from a northern perspective. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Long after the outlawing of the slave trade in the United States, one Alabama businessman made a wager with friends that he would be able to bring slaves from West Africa back to the country without detection. Unfortunately, businessman Timothy Meaher was successful, smuggling back 110 slaves and unknowingly starting a legacy that would change American history forever.

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