Remains of the Gulf schooner Clotilda were identified and verified near Mobile after months of assessment, historical officials said. The vessel was scuttled the year before the Civil War to hide evidence of its illegal trip and hasn't been seen since.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Researchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States, historical officials said Wednesday.
"The discovery of the Clotilda is an extraordinary archaeological find," said Lisa Demetropoulos Jones, executive director of the commission. She said the ship's journey"represented one of the darkest eras of modern history," and the wreck provides"tangible evidence of slavery." A descendant of one of the Africans who was brought to the South aboard the ship said she got chills when she learned its wreckage had been found.
Officials didn't say how much of the ship remains or what might become of its remnants. But the dimensions and construction of the wreck match those of the Clotilda, the commission said, as do building materials including locally sourced lumber and metal pieces made from pig iron. There are also signs of fire.
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