The first items recovered from the sunken slave ship have arrived in Washington, D.C., and will be displayed at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. By Allison Keyes, theRoot.com Paul Gardullo lifted an iron ballast from a Portuguese slave ship that sank in 1794 out of a crate Wednesday morning and … Continue reading 212 Slaves Died on the São José Ship; National Museum Shares Their Story