Clotilda, U.S. Slave Ship, Broken

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Clotilda

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Last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S. is a decayed "crime scene" that should stay underwater, experts say

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The last known U.S. slave ship is too "broken" and decayed to be extracted from the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force says.

The report recommends a plan that would preserve the structure underneath the water by installing large pillars around the ship to protect it from other ships and vessels.

"There is no other site in the world that presents such physical evidence as the Clotilda ," says lead marine archeologist James Delgado .

Zora Neale Hurston 's bestselling book " Barracoon " documents the life of Cudjo Lewis , the Clotilda 's last surviving enslaved African .

The task force said the preservation plan would only protect the structure for an estimated 100 years .

Many descendants said they are OK with letting the ship stay underwater.

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