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Featured Blog: History of the Slave Wrecks Project

SWP was launched in 2008 as the “African Slave Wrecks and Diaspora Heritage Routes Project,” as a collaboration coordinated by The George Washington University, with its two co-founding partners, the United States National Park Service-Submerged Resources Center and IZIKO Museums of South Africa. In 2011, Diving With a Purpose and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) joined the project, which was renamed the Slave Wrecks Project (SWP) in 2015.

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Training: Difficult Histories, Difficult Legacies: How to Teach and Talk About Slavery

June 30th-July 11th

We are excited to announce  the Difficult Histories, Difficult Legacies Teacher Training by the Slave Wrecks Project in partnership with the Gulbenkian Foundation for the second year.

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