{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Black scuba divers explore the wreckage of slave ships and the 'untold American story'","publication_date":"February 09, 2022","summary":"Between the 16th and 19th centuries, millions of enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas across the Atlantic ocean on a voyage known as the \"Middle Passage.\" One group is taking a literal deep dive into that history, in hopes of making some important discoveries and raising awareness of the implications it has for people today. Jeffrey Brown reports.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2022\/02\/fb2a82a18da4097da2fe7eccb474bd33-diving-1024x613.jpg","thumbnail_height":613,"thumbnail_width":1024}