Archaeologists in Mexico identify first Mayan slave ship
by Associated Press in Mexico City from on (#585GW)
Ship had been used to take Mayas captured during an 1847-1901 rebellion to work in sugarcane fields in Cuba
Archaeologists in Mexico have identified a ship that carried Mayan people into virtual slavery in the 1850s, the first time such a ship has been found.
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