Summary:
- Archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a 17th-century pirate ship off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- The shipwreck provides insights into the history of the transatlantic slave trade and the role of African gold in global trade networks during that time period.
- The artifacts found at the wreckage site, including gold and other valuable goods, suggest the ship was involved in the lucrative but illicit trade of enslaved Africans and their labor and resources.