The Last Ship

In 1860, a ship slipped into Mobile, Alabama, carrying 110 people stolen from West Africa, fifty years after the trade was banned. Then the captain set it on fire to make the crime disappear.

It almost worked. For 159 years the Clotilda lay hidden in the mud of a river, while the people who survived her refused to be erased. They bought land. They built their own town. They kept their names, their languages and their story alive until a low tide, a reporter, and a team of archaeologists finally brought the truth to light.

The Last Ship is a gripping true story of a secret voyage, a deliberate cover-up, and a community that never forgot. It reads like a thriller, and every fact is real.

• The smuggling plan, the night run up the river, and the fire
• The survivors' five years in bondage and the town they founded
• The wreck's wrong first identification, a year of silence, and the proof in the timbers
• What the descendants and the family of the man who financed the voyage are saying now

Grab your copy today and discover the story America almost lost.