Discovery of the Clotilda Wreck (2019)

In 2019, the wreck of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States, was discovered in the Mobile River near Mobile, Alabama. This ship had arrived in 1860, carrying 110 Africans who were later freed and established the community of Africatown, which reflects the deep connections between the African diaspora and the history of slavery in America.