Timothy Meaher, a wealthy Alabama plantation owner, made a sinister bet that he could break the law and bought the Clotilda. A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad and the subsequent Amistad Case argued by John Quincy Adams before the United States Supreme Court Original title: The Long black schooner 'An Apple paperback. In 1860, a year before the Civil War, owning slaves was still legal across the South, but importing them had been outlawed.

'It's the right size, it's in the right location, the construction techniques show that it's the right age,' Raines said. Raines spent three months studying historical records, the captain's journal, and insurance documents, but proving it's definitely the Clotilda would mean raising the wreck. And there was the ship,' said Al.com reporter Ben Raines.Īn aerial view shows the outline of the wooden hull along with its starboard side. The Last Slave Ship By Ben Raines AudioBook Free Download History Politics & Social Sciences The Last Slave Ship By Ben Raines JanuNarrated by: Kevin R. 'It was like pulling back a blanket along the shoreline and suddenly you could see who was under the covers. The wreckage, normally covered by water, was recently exposed by unusually low tides. (CBSMiami) - In Alabama's Mobile Bay, a local newspaper reporter discovered what many believe is probably the remains of the last slave ship to land in America, the Clotilda.

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