Some Historic News Not Related to the Coronavirus- by Matt Byrnes
On March 25, news broke out that the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade was discovered, per Sean Coughlan of BBC news. This person was identified as Matilda McCrear, who lived until 1940. Previously, Redoshi Smith was found to be the last survivor slave by Hannah Durkin at Newcastle University. Smith was a slave captured in Africa and brought over to the U.S. She died in 1937. For more information on McCrear, it was stated that she died in Selma, Alabama, in January of 1940. Family members of McCrear did not even know about this. Her grandson, 83-year-old Johnny Crear, claims he didn't know about his grandmother's history. Crear was actually in Selma once where he witnessed violence against civil rights marchers. The protesters were addressed by Dr. Martin Luther King. Here is what Crear had to say about his discov...