The Underwater Archeology of a French Slave Ship In Northern Mozambique- L'Aurore
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2023
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Underwater Archeology of a French Slave Ship In Northern Mozambique- L'Aurore," at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Beginning in 1999, underwater archeologists from Mozambique, South Africa, Senegal, and the United States have documenting and protecting the many shipwrecks that surround Mozambique Island.
Under the direction of Dr. Ricardo Duarte, Dr. Yolanda Duarte, Dr. Hilario Madiquida, and Dr. Stephen Lubkemann, the partnership has documented dozens of shipwrecks and has located what are likely the remains of the notorious French slave ship L'Aurore.
On 17th February, 1790, L’Aurore was hit by a typhoon while at anchor close to Mozambique Island with a cargo of 600 enslaved Africans. With most of the enslaved Africans locked below decks, the crew abandoned the ship and the Africans to their fate—in the morning 331 of them had perished. The ship was partially salvaged immediately after sinking but then lay, undisturbed for 230 years.
This session will present the scientific and historical evidence for the site identification as part of the Slave Wrecks Project.
Other Keywords
Enslavement •
Slave Wrecks Project •
Slave Wrecks •
L’Aurore •
capacity-building •
Maritime Slave Trade. •
Maritime Slave Trade •
Maritime Archaeology of the Slave Trade.
Geographic Keywords
AFRICA •
Mozambique, Africa
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Analysis of Lead Recovered from the IDM-013 Shipwreck in Mozambique (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Underwater Archeology of a French Slave Ship In Northern Mozambique- L'Aurore", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In early 2020 archeologists from the Slave Wrecks Project recovered several samples of lead- as both musket balls and lead caulking. This paper discusses elemental composition, isotopic ratios, and other scientific properties of the lead samples. Implications for ore sources and the ship's...
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The Archeological and Historical Evidence for the Wreck of L'Aurore- Summary and Implications (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Underwater Archeology of a French Slave Ship In Northern Mozambique- L'Aurore", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper summarizes the session, highlighting evidence, drawing implications and proposing directions for future research on the IDNM-013 shipwreck site in Mozambique.
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History of the Slave Wrecks Project (SWP) in Mozambique (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Underwater Archeology of a French Slave Ship In Northern Mozambique- L'Aurore", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. SWP is an international network investigating the global history/legacies of the African slave trade. It was launched in 2008 in recognition that archeology had mostly ignored thousands of wrecks of ships once engaged in the slave trade. While performing this research, SWP diversifies the field...
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The Petrology and Geochemistry of Ballast Stones- Evidence of Voyaging and Identity (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Underwater Archeology of a French Slave Ship In Northern Mozambique- L'Aurore", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper discusses novel techniques of geochemical analysis applied to ballast stones from the Ile de Mozambique Shipwreck (IDM-013) by Dr. Richard Palin of the Department of Geochemistry at Oxford University's Department of Earth Sciences. Techniques, and implications for the presumed...
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Wood Analysis from the IDM-013 Shipwreck (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Underwater Archeology of a French Slave Ship In Northern Mozambique- L'Aurore", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2020 a tam of archeologists from the Slave Wrecks Project recovered several samples of wood from the !DM-013 shipwreck in Mozambique. This paper discusses scientific results and implications for possible origin and identity of the shipwreck. Implications for future research will also be...