I just wanted to share a quick dispatch from our unforgettable morning in Angra dos Reis, the site of the wreck of the slave ship, Camargo. You know how gorgeous the coast of Brazil is. And three hours or so from Rio, it’s rural and lush, achingly beautiful. The mountains fold around the bay here and drop right into the sea. The water is every shade of calm. But we’re here because of the history of this place.
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Written by AfrOrigens and Emerson Mec to explain the process of collecting water from the site of the Camargo for inclusion in the In Slavery’s Wake exhibition in Rio de Janeiro.
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Descendants of the enslaved people from the Santa Rita do Bracuí farm now form the Quilombo do Bracuí and fight to remain on the land of their ancestors. The work of the Slave Wrecks Project and its partners in Brazil – AfrOrigens and the quilombo itself, ensures that this work is also about reclamation, about healing, and about empowerment.
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SWP was launched in 2008 as the “African Slave Wrecks and Diaspora Heritage Routes Project,” as a collaboration coordinated by The George Washington University and its two co-founding partners: the U.S. National Park Service-Submerged Resources Center and IZIKO Museums of South Africa. The project grew over time including the addition of new partners and additional archeological locations.
November 17, 2022
Off the coast of Senegal, a SWP program is training drivers to explore and document sunken slave ships.
October 14, 2022
The institution’s latest leader “knew that slavery had to be at the heart of the museum.”
February 7, 2022
Explorer Tara Roberts took up diving to learn about the human side of a tragic era. She wound up connecting with her family’s inspiring past.
August 22, 2019
A National Geographic explorer searches for forgotten wrecks that conceal family histories buried underwater.
May 22, 2019
The discovery carries intense personal meaning for an Alabama community of descendants of the ship’s survivors.
November 15, 2015
An interview with NMAAHC founding director Lonnie Bunch on the discovery of the Sao Jose.
June 2, 2015
The African American history museum officially announced during the ceremony that it will host wreckage from a centuries-old slave ship that sank off the coast of South Africa with slaves on board.