Discovered the wreck of 18th century slave ship of Portugal

New experts discovered Portugal's sinking ship Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa off the coast of South Africa in 1794.

Close up of the wreck of a 18th-century slave ship discovered

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The Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa shipwreck is the first slave merchant ship that experts found sunk in the sea.At that time, Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa was on a journey to Brazil.

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When Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa was wrecked in 1794, about 200 slaves out of 400 people were killed in the sinking disaster.

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"The discovery of this shipwreck is significant because the experts have not found any record of the disappearance of a merchant ship carrying slaves," said the Director of the National Museum of Literature. The Smithsonian and African American History - Mr. Lonnie G. Bunch said.In the picture is one of the artifacts found at the wreck of Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa.

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The wreck was first discovered in the 1980s. However, the identification of the ship was wrong, assuming it was a Dutch ship.

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According to The Smithsonian, Director of the National Museum of African American Culture and History - Mr. Lonnie G. Bunch, Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa shipwreck is the biggest evidence of transatlantic slave trade.This is one of many ships carrying millions of African slaves across the Atlantic and never had a chance to return home.

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It is estimated that about 400,000 East Africans made the journey from Mozambique to Brazil between 1800 and 1865.