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Documents the maritime historical research and archaeological
fieldwork used to identify the wreck of the notorious schooner
Clotilda Clotilda: The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave
Ship is the first definitive work to examine the maritime
historical and archaeological record of one of the most infamous
ships in American history. Clotilda was owned by Alabama
businessman Timothy Meaher, who, on a dare, equipped it to carry
captured Africans from what is now Benin and bring them to Alabama
in 1860—some fifty years after the import of captives to be
enslaved was banned. To hide the evidence, Clotilda was set afire
and sunk. What remained was a substantially intact, submerged, and
partially buried shipwreck located in a backwater of the Mobile
River. The site of the wreck was an open secret to some people who
knew Meaher, but its identity remained unknown for more than a
century as various surveys through the years failed to locate the
ship. This volume, authored by the archaeological team who
conducted a comprehensive, systematic survey of a forgotten “ship
graveyard,” details the exhaustive forensic work that
conclusively identified the wreck, as well as the stories and
secrets that have emerged from the partly burned hulk. James P.
Delgado and his coauthors discuss the various searches for
Clotilda, sharing the forensic data and other analyses showing how
those involved concluded that this wreck was indeed Clotilda.
Additionally, they offer physical evidence not previously shared
that situates the schooner and its voyage in a larger context of
the slave trade. Clotilda: The History and Archaeology of the Last
Slave Ship serves as a nautical biography of the ship as well.
After reviewing the maritime trade in and out of Mobile Bay, this
account places Clotilda within the larger landscape of American and
Gulf of Mexico schooners and chronicles its career before being
used as a slave ship. All of its voyages had a link to slavery, and
one may have been another smuggling voyage in violation of federal
law. The authors have also painstakingly reconstructed Clotilda’s
likely appearance and characteristics.
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