Finding long-lost slave ship

Relying on historical records and some old timers around the Port City of Mobile, Ala., the news organization AL.com and a team of archaeologists from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, may have located the long-lost wreck of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to bring human cargo to the U.S. in July 1860. What's left of the ship lies partially buried in mud alongside an island in the lower Mobile-Tensaw Delta, a few miles north of Mobile. The hull is tipped to the port side, which appears almost completely buried in mud. The entire length of the starboard side, however, is almost fully exposed. The wreck, which is normally underwater, was exposed during extreme low tides brought on by the same weather system that brought the "Bomb Cyclone" to the Eastern Seaboard. "I'm quaking with excitement. This would be a story of world historical significance, if this is the Clotilda," said John Sledge, a senior historian with Mobile Historical Commission. (Source: AL.com 01/23/18)