Long after the outlawing of the slave trade in the United States, one Alabama businessman made a wager with friends that he would be able to bring slaves from West Africa back to the country without detection. Unfortunately, businessman Timothy Meaher was successful, smuggling back 110 slaves and unknowingly starting a legacy that would change American history forever.
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