{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Meaher's Illegal Gamble: The Last Slave Ship","description":"In 1859, a wealthy Alabama landowner made a bet that he could do the unthinkable. The next spring, he did just that — trafficking human beings from West Africa to the United States a half-century after it had been made a federal crime punishable by death. The Clotilda brought back 110 men, women and children. For more than 150 years, the ship sat buried in the mud of a Mobile Bay bayou, as if the whole thing had never happened.\n\nCrimes of the Centuries (https://www.centuriespod.com/) is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history. You can get early and ad-free episodes and more over at www.grabbagcollab.com\n (http://www.grabbagcollab.com/)\nOrder the Crimes of the Centuries book at your favorite bookstore or at (http://todayatwww.centuriespod.com/book) http://www.centuriespod.com/book!\n (http://www.centuriespod.com/book!Follow)\nFollow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/centuriespod/) and other social media: @centuriespod\n\nEPISODE SPONSORS:\n\nMint Mobile. Get a new wireless plan for just $15 a month at MintMobile.com/cotc.\n\nTalkiatry. Get matched with an in-network psychiatrist in minutes at Talkiatry.com/cotc.\n\nHims. Get your free online visit for ED treatment and more at Hims.com/cotc.\n\nBiOptimizers. Get 15% off Magnesium Breakthrough at bioptimizers.com/cotc with code COTC.","author_name":"Crimes of the Centuries","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5034723-crimes-of-the-centuries","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/41419318/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}