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The Slave Ship São José: A Wreck That Tells the Truth
In December 1794, the Portuguese slave ship São José Paquete de Africa sank off the coast of Cape Town, taking more than two hundred enslaved Mozambicans with it. For two centuries, the wreck lay forgotten beneath the sand until maritime archaeologists found it in 2010 — the first known slave shipwreck ever excavated. This episode follows the ship's final voyage: from the slave markets of Mozambique Island, through the brutal Middle Passage, to its tragic end just miles from freedom. We meet its captain, discover what the cargo manifests reveal, and hear how the wreck became a memorial…
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