Posted on 05/24/2019 7:24:20 AM PDT by golux
The wreck of the last slave ship ever to reach American shores has been found in a river delta near Mobile, Alabama, according to the state's historical commission.
In 1860, on the eve of the American Civil War, the schooner Clotilda took aboard 110 individuals in West Africa and sailed across the Atlantic to deliver them to slaveowners in Mobile. After they were unloaded, the ship was burned outside of the port.
The transatlantic slave trade had already been banned in the U.S. for decades, and at the time of the landing, importing African people for purposes of slavery was punishable by death under American law. Despite the illegality of their enterprise, the charterers sold about two dozen of the individuals on board, gave five to eight more to the vessel's master as payment for his services, and divided the ownership of those who remained. The abductees remained enslaved until the end of the Civil War; after emanicipation, many settled nearby in a village known as Africatown.
The location of the Clotilda's wreck remained a mystery until April 2018...
(Excerpt) Read more at maritime-executive.com ...
the schooner Clotilda took aboard 110 individuals in West Africa
Correction: the schooner Clotilda purchased from African slave traders 110 individuals in West Africa
1) The slave trade was banned in 1805
2) The slave trade continued after it was made illegal
3) This slave ship was wrecked in 1860
4) The slave trade continued after this ship was wrecked
5) The slave trade continues today over our southern border
6) Democrats continue to support the slave trade, as they always have.
And the, ‘Gibmedats’ who aren’t even remotely RELATED to those on board will be here in 3...2...1...
And how do they know it was the LAST ship?
The Captain was Tom Chandler?
How long before they declare it national monument and shrine?
Probably wasn’t flying the American flag either. Flying a flag of a foreign nation was a trick used to avoid interdiction. There were cases where the commander of a frigate patrolling off of the African coast would know a ship was transporting slaves but couldn’t say a ship was flying a foreign flag illegally.
A ship flying an American flag, an American ship in the proper sense, would be much easier to interdict. Especially as it neared our coast.
You have a valid point....some guy who found the wreck, made that part into the story. They hope that some museum will pay a fee for it.
Is the DDG-56 a slave ship?
Raise it, repair it, refit it, and take reservations for a malcontent cruise (one way) back to Africa.
According to Wikipedia, The Wanderer was the last slave ship.
Correction: the schooner Clotilda purchased from muslim African slave traders 110 individuals in West Africa
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Further correction
Islam still practices slavery
“”And the, ‘Gibmedats’ who aren’t even remotely RELATED to those on board will be here in 3...2...1...””
Yep - exactly my thought. They are busy right now preparing the proper documents to prove their ancestry!!
Americans Are in Desperate Need of a Lesson on the History of Slavery
American Thinker | 05/24/2019 | William Sullivan
Posted on 05/24/2019 6:56:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3751825/posts
CSA Constitution, Article I, Section 9. (I) The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
CSA Constitution, Article I, Section 9. (2) Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
CSA Constitution, Article I, Section 9. (4) No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.
Later in 1860, the Confederate States of America was formed and became the second-most powerful slave nation in North America.
Basically the same as the US Constitution, but more explicitly spelled out so that Liberal courts couldn’t misinterpret it the way they did US laws back then.
Hardly. And there were no liberal courts, obviously.
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