Divers Find Clues on an Old Slave Ship
Personal objects and trading objects tell different parts of its history.
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In this lesson: Identify the recovered objects and separate a fact from a possible owner.
Grammar in this story: A possibility
may have belonged
May have belonged expresses uncertain past ownership, not a confirmed identification.
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Describe the two types of finds and what remains unknown.
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Researchers found part of a fine shoe and two metal rings. The rings were used in slave-trade payments; the shoe may have belonged to a governor, but its owner remains uncertain.
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