In the Alabama mud the secret of the schooner with the DNA of the slaves

NEW YORK – «Like a time capsule, the wreck of the slave ship Clotilda, the last one to have transported a load of men to America, has a lot to reveal. In its bowels, even the DNA of the slaves could still be well preserved »: the archaeologist James Delgado of the Alabama Historical Commission is thrilled. Such a discovery, explains al New York Times, he didn’t expect it.