NPR Blogs: News & Views (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... of the Spanish ship Trouvadore. Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he explained in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But after word got out "people really got on board with it,"...
Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
... is the only known wreck of a ship involved in the illegal slave trade, said marine archaeologist Don Keith, president of the underwater archaeology institute Ships of Discovery in Corpus Christi, Texas.[...]
Elkit in Wonderland (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... is the only known wreck of a ship involved in the illegal slave trade, said marine archaeologist Don Keith, president of the underwater archaeology institute Ships of Discovery in Corpus Christi, Texas. One of the female Africans on board was shot by the crew, but the rest escaped and were rescued by local authorities. Their descendants may now make up a significant proportion of the 30,000...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... their ship grounded on a reef in 1841.''We have compelling evidence this is the Trouvadore,'' Don Keith, president of the Texas-based underwater archaeology research institute Ships of Discovery, said in a telephone news conference. Turks and Caicos authorities heralded the news.''It is an internationally significant find of great proportions,'' said Neal Hitch, director of the National...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he said in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.But after word got out "people really got on board with it," Keith...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Over the years, the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he explained in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Wrecked Slave Ship DiscoveredWASHINGTON - found the remains of a wrecked off the in 1841, an accident that set free the of many current residents.Some 192 survived the sinking of the Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the was banned.The ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the "was a kind of shock," he...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
WASHINGTON—Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, setting free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands.Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith,...
Live Science (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he explained in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.But after word got out "people really got on board with it,"...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he explained in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.But after word got out "people really got on board with it,"...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he explained in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.advertisement | But after word got out "people really got on...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he explained in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.But after word got out "people really got on board with it,"...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith, so when the discovery connected the ship to current residents the first response "was a kind of shock, a lack of comprehension," he explained in a briefing organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But after word got out "people really got on board with it,"...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
WASHINGTON Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, setting free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands.
Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned.
Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
WASHINGTON — Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, setting free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands.Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned.Over the years the ship had been forgotten, said researcher Don Keith,...
