{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"AP report: Slave ship artifact will soon leave the Smithsonian to return to its South African home","publication_date":"March 12, 2026","summary":"A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a remnant from one of the first sunken slave ships ever recovered is taken off display in Washington.","author_name":"By Gary Fields, Associated Press, River Zhang, Associated Press, Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2026\/03\/de50029b9ad5a2c707181401fa07aef7-AP26065710413826-1024x685.jpg","thumbnail_height":685,"thumbnail_width":1024}