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Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco Jan 14, 2023

The last known survivor of the last U.S. slave ship died in 1940—75 years after the abolition of slavery. Her name was Matilda McCrear.

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https://www.history.com/news/last-slave-ship-survivor-matilda-maccrear

https://colorlines.com/article/last-known-slave-ship-discovered/

https://from.ncl.ac.uk/the-last-two-transatlantic-slave-trade-survivors

A Survivor of the Last Slave Ship Lived Until 1940

Matilda McCrear lived through the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws, World War I, the Great Depression and the outbreak of World War II in Europe.

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