mark strassman spoke with descendants of the ship's slaves -- to see what the discove >>> in alabama's mobile bay the last slave ship to america may have been found. here is more. >> reporter: north of mobile bay there is believed to be a link to america's original sin, the last slave ship to bring human cargo from africa. >> it was like pulling back a blanket along the shoreline and suddenly you can see who was under is covers and there was the ship. >> reporter: a reporter with al.com shot the video of the wreckage e mostly buried in mud, exposed earlier this month by unusually low tides. this aerial photo shows the outline of the wooden hull, the starboard side in plain view. >> it is the right side, right location and the construction techniques show it is the right age. >> reporter: so solving the mystery is in the mud. >> yes. >> reporter: in 1860 a year before the civil war owning sleighs was still legal -- slaves was still legal across the south but importing them was still outlawed. on july 9, 1860 foster unloaded the slaves into a swatch and on mayor's orders burned the ship,

. >> wreck hall died this week at the age cb85s's mar.kf strassman on to fame's studios with hall lasty muscle shoals? >> well i couldn't get a gig in new york city, couldn't get a gig in memphis, tennessee. couldn't get a gig in nashville tennessee which is 120 miles up the road. and, so i said, well, i'm going to build myself a studio and cut some hit records. >> hall's muscle shoals sound often teamed white session musicians with black singers. all while recording in the still segregated deep south. >> while george wall as was making a statement of, of -- segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. i was in this studio, and muscle shoals, cutting a round of 1,000 dancers on wilson peck it. >> in 1968, hall gave dwayne alman a shot using him on wilson picket's version of hey jude. ♪ ♪ hey jude ♪ ♪ don't make it bad ♪ the muscle shoals sound spread as mothers opened studios in the area. with acts like the rolling stones. >> what's your name? little girl ♪ >> leonard skinard. >> and paul simon. all recording hits in northern alabama. in 2015, we visited fame studios

cbs' mark strassman toured fame studios with hall last year. >> why muscle shoals?y. i couldn't get a gig in memphis, tennessee. i couldn't get a gig in nashville, tennessee, which is 120 miles down the road, and so i said, well, i'm going to build myself a studio and cut some hit records. >> hall's muscle shoals sound often teamed white session musicians with black singers all while recording in the still-segregated deep south. >> george wallace was making statement of segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever i was in this studio in muscle shoals cutti cutting around with wilson picket. >> in 1968 hall gave a young guitarist named dwayne a shot, using him on wilson picket's version of "hey jude." ♪ ♪ >> the muscle shoals sound spread as others opened studios in the area. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> with acts like the rolling stones. ♪ ♪ what's your name, little girl ♪ ♪ lynyrd skynyrd. ♪ ♪ >> and paul simon all recording hits in northern alabama. in 2015 we visited fame studios with singer/songwriter jason isbohe album "something more than free" ". >> he grew up