Archaeologist sheds new light on astonishing discovery of wrecked slave ships: 'Stranded on the coast'
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Archaeologist David John Gregory shared details with Fox News Digital about the eerie discovery of two Danish slave ships, Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, found in Costa Rica.
The 18th-century vessels were shipwrecked in 1710, and archaeologists only recently discovered that the ships – long believed to be pirate ships – were used to transport slaves. "Almost all of the enslaved were released on the forested coast." Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
Now, in a statement to Fox News Digital, National Museum of Denmark archaeologist David John Gregory said the two ships carried between 600 and 700 African slaves at the time of the sinking, plus around 100 crewmen.
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