James P. Delgado
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James Preston Delgado is an American maritime archaeologist, historian, and author. He has participated in shipwreck investigations worldwide, including the USS Independence, USS Monitor, USS Arizona,
Delgado delivering a lecture in 2015
Clotilda (slave ship)
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The schooner Clotilda was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay, in autumn 1859 or on July 9, 1860, with 110 African men, women, and
James P. Delgado
…shipwreck investigations worldwide, including the USS Independence (CVL-22), USS Monitor, USS Arizona (BB-39), USS Nevada (BB-36), and the slave ship Clotilda. Delgado has worked at the U.S. National Park Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) maritime heritage programs. He…
Wreck of the slave ship Clotilda; photograph from Historic Sketches of the South by Emma Langdon Roche, 1914