Deep Sea Detectives: Slave Ship (Response Essay)

Our assignment was to watch a documentary during Black History Month. I chose a documentary about recovering and examining a sunken slave ship found off the coast of Key West, Fl. The documentary was featured on The History Channel's series "Deep Sea Detectives." Slave Ship In mid-July of 1700, the Henrietta Marie, under the command of Captain Thomas Chamberlain, set sail from Port Royal, Jamaica; with a ship-load of goods bound for England. En route to …

…the data presented was still powerful enough to evoke an emotional response from me. It was well worth the time and effort taken to evaluate and critique it. A. Jose Jones, Ph.D said the most profound and true statement of the documentary when he said: "If we don't face the past, it'll be kind of hard going into the future. We'll make the same mistakes again." I pray to God that we never do.