In 1860, Timothy Meaher with Captain William Foster illegally carried over a hundred enslaved Africans on the Clotilda then wrecked and abandoned the ship to conceal their trip. The slave trade ...

The last known slave ship to travel to the United States is too “broken” to be pulled from the murky waters of the Alabama ...

Clotilda’s cargo hold was a hellish dungeon for 108 African captives brought to Alabama in early 1860 [National Geographic image created by Thom Tenery] Foster’s ship, Clotilda – a two ...

the last known US slave ship, Clotilda; and ancient wrecks such as Kublai Khan's lost fleet. He has authored and edited 33 books and was a host of National Geographic's "The Sea Hunters." ...

Upon arrival, the captives were offloaded and the Clotilda was burned in an attempt to hide the crime. Rumors of the ship's existence lingered until 2019, when the ship was finally discovered in ...