In 1860, Timothy Meaher with Captain William Foster illegally carried over a hundred enslaved Africans on the Clotilda then wrecked and abandoned the ship to conceal their trip. The slave trade ...

After betting that he could smuggle a slave ship into the country and escape the consequences, wealthy Alabama plantation owner Timothy Meaher sailed to what was then the Kingdom of Dahomey ...

The ship had been burned by its owner, Timothy Meaher, after its last voyage and much of its remains are still stuck in the muddy Mobile River. A task force led by Alabama Historical Commission ...

The ship belonged to Alabama plantation owner Timothy Meaher and was captained by William Foster, who sailed to the Kingdom of Dahomey in present-day Benin and purchased 110 captives kidnapped ...