Underwater memorial to wrecked slave ship draws pilgrims seeking to connect with their roots
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In this photo provided by Kory Lamberts, Black divers with the Underwater Adventure Seekers visit the wreck site of the Henrietta Marie, a British slave ship which sank in 1700 in the waters off the coast of Key West, Fla., Friday, May 8, 2026. (Kory Lamberts/Aquatic Futures Foundation via AP)Corey Malcom, center, lead historian with the Florida Keys History Center, talks to Black divers from the Underwater Adventure Seekers, as they visit a memorial built on the site where hundreds of Africans who died in 1860 after being rescued from three slave ships were buried, on Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Ankle shackles, some child-sized, recovered from the wreck of the British slave ship Henrietta Marie, are displayed at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Fla., Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Underwater Adventure Seekers member Ruthie Browning reacts with emotion after pouring a libation of white rum onto the sand, on the site where hundreds of Africans who died in 1860 after being rescued from three slave ships were buried, on Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Underwater Adventure Seekers member Dr. Melody Garrett pours a libation of white rum onto the sand at a memorial on the site where hundreds of Africans who died in 1860 after being rescued from three slave ships were buried, on Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Kory Lamberts/Aquatic Futures Foundation
In this photo provided by Kory Lamberts, Black divers with the Underwater Adventure Seekers visit the wreck site of the Henrietta Marie, a British slave ship which sank in 1700 in the waters off the coast of Key West, Fla., Friday, May 8, 2026. (Kory Lamberts/Aquatic Futures Foundation via AP)