Remains of Last-Known Slave Ship Clotilda May Have Been Discovered-- Part 3

It is known that the captain of the Clotilda burned it and sank it in 1860.

He had carried 110 slaves from the "Kingdom of Dahomey" modern-day Benin, Africa.  Slavery in the United States was still legal in 1860, but it was illegal to bring in new slaves and had been since 1808.

Wealthy plantation owner Timothy Meaher had made a bet that he could sneak slaves into the United States past the two federal forts protecting Mobile Bay (Forts Morgan and Gaines).

He won his bet and the human cargo was delivered.

The 110 slaves were freed five years later and they asked Meaher to pay their way back to Africa, but he refused.  They then appealed to the U.S. government to no avail either.

They Were Stuck.  --Old B-Runner