Diving for Ancestors: A Slave Ship Memorial Pilgrimage

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Underwater adventurers from groups like Underwater Adventure Seekers embarked on a pilgrimage to an underwater memorial for the Henrietta Marie, a British slave ship that sank in 1700 off Key West, Florida. The group, including a Stanford anthropologist, dived to a concrete marker twenty feet down, now a living reef teeming with marine life. The trip was …

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Underwater adventurers from groups like Underwater Adventure Seekers embarked on a pilgrimage to an underwater memorial for the Henrietta Marie, a British slave ship that sank in 1700 off Key West, Florida. The group, including a Stanford anthropologist, dived to a concrete marker twenty feet down, now a living reef teeming with marine life. The trip was emotionally charged, with participants feeling a deep connection to their ancestors and expressing gratitude for their survival. At the Mel Fis

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