AP report: Slave ship artifact will soon leave the Smithsonian to return to its South African home

2026-03-12 16:32 • ;Gary Fields, Associated Press; River Zhang, Associated Press; Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press
A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a remnant from one of the first sunken slave ships ever recovered is taken off display in Washington.
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