National Geographic explorer documents slave trade shipwrecks around the world

By Brenda Ruiz
National Geographic, March 2022
National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts, here in the Florida Keys, dives with a group that’s reclaiming the stories and artifacts of African captives transported on slave ships. Wayne Lawrence
National Geographic, March 2022
National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts, here in the Florida Keys, dives with a group that’s reclaiming the stories and artifacts of African captives transported on slave ships. Wayne Lawrence

National Geographic explorer documents slave trade shipwrecks around the world

By Brenda Ruiz
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In her latest adventure, National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts joined a group of Black divers searching for shipwrecks that once carried enslaved Africans. In a new podcast, she explores the complex history of the global slave trade and digs into her own roots along the way.

Reset checks in with Roberts for more details about Into the Depths, and what it’s like to be the first Black female National Geographic Explorer to be featured on the magazine’s cover.

GUEST: Tara Roberts, National Geographic Explorer and Storyteller