The Slave Deck on the Wildfire.

TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / April 30, 1860
1860 The USS Mohawk escorted the captured slave ship Wildfire into the harbor. The Wildfire had 510 Africans from the Congo River area of Africa that were being taken to Cuba to be sold in the slave trade. The Wildfire was in violation of American and international law and the U.S. Navy was actively searching for violators.
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