The last slave ship to America arrived in this year.
- 1801
- 1845
- 1860
- 1865
1860. The international slave trade was outlawed in 1807. On a bet, the Clotilda was chartered to import slaves from Africa. To avoid the law, after arriving in Mobile Bay and transferring the illegal slaves, the captain burned his ship.
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