A remarkable archaeological investigation has uncovered the remains of 14 slave ships that sank near the northern Bahamas between the 18th and 19th centuries. The discoveries have shed fresh light on one of history's darkest chapters, revealing what researchers describe as a forgotten maritime route used in the transatlantic slave trade. The findings, documented by the Bahamas Lost Ships Project and published in the Ocean Dispatches series by the Bahamas Maritime Museum, offer powerful physical evidence of a brutal colonial past, as per a report by The Guardian.
The waters surrounding the northern Bahamas have long concealed traces of countless historic voyages. Now, researchers have identified the remains of 14 slave ships that sank between 1704 and 1887, uncovering what British marine archaeologist Sean Kingsley described to the Observer as a previously unknown "highway to horror."
