The wreck of the Henrietta Marie
Subtitle: an African-American's spiritual journey to uncover a sunken slave ship's past
By: Michael H. Cottman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Cottman, Michael H. -- Travel; Henrietta Marie (Ship); Excavations (Archaeology) -- Florida -- Key West Region; Underwater archaeology -- Florida -- Key West Region; African Americans -- Florida -- Key West Region -- Antiquities; Slave trade -- History; Key West Region (Fla.) -- Antiquities
Description: When prize-winning journalist and avid scuba diver Michael Cottman participated in an underwater expedition to survey the sunken wreck of a slave ship off the coast of Florida, he was overwhelmed by powerful feelings of kinship and oneness with his African ancestors.

As he held in his hands the very shackles that once had bound men, women, and children in their tortured passage from their African homeland to America, Michael Cottman became determined to tell their stories and the story behind the ship that had carried them away from all they knew and loved. The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie is a fascinating look at one man's quest to reconstruct the journey of a British slave ship with all the detail and accuracy available to us at the end of the twentieth century.

Wreck of the Henrietta Marie is a powerful and compelling testament of one man's attempt to make sense of the history of his ancestors, chronicling his journey while confronting questions with no answers and striving for reconciliation with his homeland's past and his own country's future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.