HISTORY IN THE NEWS
Apr 14, 2022
2 minutes
Search of sunken ship yields haul of slavery artefacts
ew analysis of a shipwreck near Drake’s Island in Plymouth Sound suggests that the vessel may have been among the earliest used in the international slave trade. Experts from the Ships Project, which examines key sites in Britain’s maritime history, discovered objects including manillas – copper tokens traded
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