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The underwater hunt for the lost ship of an American slave trafficker (wapo.st)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Owned and run Americans who were engaged in the slave trade:

Seizing the opportunity, American merchants based in Rio de Janeiro sold U.S.-made vessels to slavers sailing for Africa. The proliferation of the American ship and flag — used by slavers of all nationalities — in the illicit commerce soon provoked alarm among diplomats.

“Our flag is preferred over any other,” complained Gorham Parks, the U.S. consul in Rio de Janeiro, in an 1848 letter.

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