Omigod, that title. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

The Black divers excavating slave shipwrecks: ‘I’m telling my ancestors: I’m with you’

Members of Diving With a Purpose search out and investigate the vessels’ remains, bringing history to light and memorializing lost lives

Oh my, yes.

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There was an amazing story about this, perhaps in Nat Geo

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Ooof, right in the heart. Such important & meaningful work. We all should learn about the people who were stolen and loaded onto boats that sank. Also for those who chose the sea.

WOW. Thank you for sharing this, I don't know that I would have seen this!

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This is great work. I’m surprised (but also not) by “You know, your lung capacity was too small, your bone density was too thick, and being able to really comprehend the physics of the sport would be more of a challenge…” Because in Tudor England the divers were African. Africans had special skills.

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