U.S. to assist in recovering Brazil’s last slave ship
On Tuesday (Dec. 10), the U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro announced a $295,000 grant to the AfrOrigens Institute to support efforts to preserve the wreck of the Camargo brig—the last slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to Brazil in 1852. The vessel has remained shipwrecked off the coast of Angra dos Reis (photo), in the state of Rio de Janeiro, since that year.The resources are provided by the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), a program established by the U.S. State Department in 2001 to support the preservation of global cultural heritage. To date, the AFCP has funded the restoration of ten historic sites in Brazil.“Support for the Camargo brig perfectly embodies the mission of the Ambassadors Fund: a lasting U.S. commitment to preserving cultural heritage,...