Please see story about the 1860 Peter Mowell ship wreck, here. The archaeological dive, July / August 2012, was a joint venture between the Antiquities, Monuments & Museum Corporation of The Bahamas; the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society; and Atlantic Sea Resources. The slave ship, Peter Mowell, wrecked in July 1860. Most of the 400 [...]

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On craggy rocks and in silent gullies at Lynyard Cay in the Abacos lay the fragments of an American-owned slave ship, the 129-ton, 88-foot schooner, the Peter Mowell. Luckily, 390 of the 400 of its human cargo were able to clamor safely ashore – they were quite young: men were between 20 and 36 years, [...]

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