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Clotilda: the last slave ship to America

Hannah Durkin tells the story of the survivors of Clotilda, the last ship to transport enslaved people from Africa to America

Published: April 10, 2024 at 7:00 AM

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The transatlantic slave trade was formally abolished in both Britain and the US in 1807 and 1808 – yet slave ships were still forcibly bringing enslaved African people to the Americas right up to the 1860s. David Musgrove speaks to historian Hannah Durkin about the long history of this horrific trade, through the eyes of the survivors of Clotilda, the last ship to transport slaves to America.

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Hannah Durkin is the author of Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (HarperCollins, 2024).

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Authors

Dr David Musgrove, FSAContent director

David Musgrove is the content director at HistoryExtra

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