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From No Return: The Journey of the Slave Ship São José

October 5, 2023

Explore the different ways communities continue to commemorate and research the history and memory of the São José. The scope of this story is far more than a single shipwreck site. It is a journey across geography and time that extends around the globe and exists on a crossroad between individuals and communities, cultures and nations, descendants and ancestors.

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the majority of the frame is taken up with the ocean. in the center of the frame, two divers look down into the water while floating on the surface. Next to one a long tube emerges from the ocean depths. In the distance a developed shoreline is visible.

Divers on the wreck site of the São José, Cape Town, 2014. Photo by Susana Pershern, NPS.