The Economic Times

In the 18th and 19th centuries, slave ships sank near Bahamas; researchers found their trail revealing the darkest chapters of human history

Fourteen wrecked slavers' ships were identified in the Bahamas. These vessels transported enslaved Africans during the 18th and 19th centuries. The wrecks reveal a previously unknown route for the transatlantic slave trade. Historical research identified these ships as part of a larger maritime traffic. The findings bear witness to the colonial past and its horrors.