La Unión was a paddle-wheel steamer used from 1855 to 1861 to transport Mayans enslaved during the War of the Castes from Mexico to Cuba. In September 1861, she sank near the port of Sisal, Yucatán, when her boiler exploded while she was on the way to Cuba. The shipwreck was found in 2017.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Elassar, Alaa (2020-09-19). "Mexican archaeologists identify the first Mayan slave ship to have ever been discovered". CNN.
- ^ Stevenson, Mark (2020-09-15). "Mexico identifies submerged wreck of Mayan slave ship". The Washington Post.
Further reading
edit- Pappas, Stephanie (September 22, 2020). "Mysterious Mexican wreck was an illegal slave ship". Live Science. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
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