Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite numerous efforts to find the sunken wreck, Clotilda remained hidden for the next 160 years. In 2019, history was when international news, journalist and author of this book successfully concluded his obsessive quest through the swamps of Alabama to uncover one of United States most important historical artifacts.