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>> reporter: about a year ago, 27-year-old steven hayes was looking for inspiration. he came across documents about the brooks slave ship. they laid out a plan to pack in as many slaves as possible in a ship to transport from africa to the new world. hayes was horrified. >> i was thinking about back when i was in high school. i didn't learn anything about the transatlantic slave trade. i learned that we picked up slaves and brought them to america and the civil rights and these wars. it didn't say anything about how the slaves got here. >> reporter: hayes felt he need to tell this story that a...
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