Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.0C Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:18:11 GMT Content-type: text/html Connection: close General Motors | Henrietta Marie


General Motors believes in the importance of preserving and sharing American history and culture and is proud to be the National Tour Sponsor of "A Slave Ship Speaks," an interactive exhibit organized by the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. This traveling show will allow people of all backgrounds the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of an important part of the American experience.

General Motors believes in the importance of preserving and sharing American history and culture and is proud to be the National Tour Sponsor of "A Slave Ship Speaks," an interactive exhibit organized by the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. This traveling show will allow people of all backgrounds the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of an important part of the American experience.



For three years the Henrietta Marie, an English merchant slave ship, carried human cargo from Africa to the West Indies and America. Then, in the summer of 1700, she sank just off the coast of Key West, Florida. The artifacts recovered from the Henrietta Marie's watery resting place comprise the world's largest source of tangible objects from the early years of the slave trade. They teach us about the route, the people -- their lives and culture.

These important historical items are currently featured in a 3,000 square foot interactive exhibit which includes the ship's actual remains and artifacts. The traveling show recreates the route of the triangular slave trade from a London port (circa 1689) to West Africa, and finally to a sugar plantation in the West Indies. To visit our online gallery, click here.

The artifacts from the Henrietta Marie and the interactive exhibit are currently making a three-year, twenty-city, national tour. To find out when they will be visiting a museum near you, click here.



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