The Last Slave Ship with Ben Raines

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2 жыл бұрын

This week, Andy hosts Ben Raines - award winning environmental journalist, filmmaker, author...and Charter Captain.
Tune in to hear Ben share the incredible story of how he solved America’s last great archeological maritime mystery by locating the Clotilda - the last ship to deliver slaves to the United States - in the middle of a murky Alabama swamp.
Learn what (and who) inspired him to do it, hear the remarkable story about the town Clotilda survivors founded after emancipation, what obstacles he continues to face in his push to unearth the Clotilda, and why he calls the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, America’s Amazon.
Pre-order The Last Slave Ship: the True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning, which releases January 25, 2022.
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Or, visit him at America’s Amazon Adventures: www.americasamazonadventures....
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@loricochran9033 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this episode so much I listened to it TWICE!

@marcytaylor9932 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Why would anybody not want to expand the history behind this slave ship? Thank you for this interview.

@kimpietrucki7825 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Andy for another eye opening, information packed interview. What a very interesting story.

@AndyAndrewsAuthor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening!

@82566 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what an amazing discussion 😲i decided to listen to this before purchasing this book 📖 now I can't wait to get a copy .History is so fascinating good or bad it's priceless , I could listen to this discussion all day .Thank u so much for sharing this .😊

@Vulneravariable 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful story. Thank you both for your impactful lives.

@ericmills9781 2 жыл бұрын

If anyone thinks slavery has ended think again. It's gone underground sex slaves manufacturing and domestic slavery.

@luffypupperstien2706 2 жыл бұрын

It is sad and maybe one day people will care about them. I wish people would care about the wrongs of the past and the present so we can work towards a better future

@josm1481 2 жыл бұрын

@@luffypupperstien2706 they don't even care about the past, beyond weaponising it. There's always blindspots as a result. This is a fascinating story and certainly should be told. But notice how nobody asks, if the US and European nations abolished slavery in the early 1800's why the dahomey had thousands of slaves in 1860 to buy from? The answer is uncomfortable for some. Their time in Africa is rarely mentioned, because it dispels popular myths about who did the slaving and brutality.

@josm1481 2 жыл бұрын

@@PinkPisces your prison is your mind. Try to open it up?

@josm1481 2 жыл бұрын

A less talked about subject is what happened in Africa, because it upsets some pretty common myths. For example nobody is asking, if the US and Europe abolished the slave trade in the early years of the 1800's why did the dahomey have a warehouse of over a thousand slaves for the captain of the Clotilda to buy from?

@Benyamin_Eliyahu. Жыл бұрын

Another question is why was okay to purchase humans.

@josm1481 Жыл бұрын

@@Benyamin_Eliyahu. because until the European enlightenment the concept of individual freedoms and liberties didn't really exist. Or at least weren't widely accepted. The African kings (and all other rulers) saw humans as objects. There's to buy and sell.

@josm1481 Жыл бұрын

@@Benyamin_Eliyahu. slavery is part of Islamic law and always will be. No Islamic nation ever abolished slavery without Western influence and there was no Islamic abolitionist movement.

@lotus550 Жыл бұрын

You seriously came here to justify this behavior. It’s gross. The What Aboutism… is just 🤮

@josm1481 Жыл бұрын

@@lotus550 you seriously came here to say nothing of value. You should be embarrassed.

@josm1481 2 жыл бұрын

Facts you're not told: a larger proportion of sailors died in the middle passage than slaves, 20% Vs 15%. But there were a lot more slaves.