Shackles from the Deep: Tracing the Path of a Sunken Slave Ship, a Bitter Past, and a Rich Legacy

This nonfiction book follows its author’s effort to uncover the history of a slave ship that lies underwater. An African American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and scuba diver investigates the vessel’s story, tracing a past connected to enslavement and its legacy. The book frames that search with a foreword, prologue, epilogue, timeline, map, index, and further reading and resources. It is an account of historical investigation centered on a shipwreck and the human history it represents.