A slave ship speaks

Gathered Feb. 2 for the opening of the exhibit “A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie” in Harnett Museum of Art were (from l.) Frank Atkinson, chairman of the federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission; John D. Evans of the John D. Evans Foundation, one of two sponsors of the exhibit; Richmond President William E. Cooper; Dr. Vonita Foster, executive director, U.S. National Slavery Museum; Dr. Viola O. Baskerville, secretary of administration; Dr. Tom Morris, secretary of education; and Guy A. Ross, ’73, Richmond trustee and the other exhibit sponsor.

The exhibit of artifacts from the 17th-century English ship, Henrietta Marie, will be on display until May 18. The ship was excavated off Key West in 1983 and is thought to be the world’s largest source of early slave-trade objects.