I had read this from an old Djimon Hounsou interview (February 26 1998) about his role in Amistad some years back that was quite disturbing. But unfortunately, I didn't bookmark it and promptly lost it. Luckily for me, I just found it again. It talks about the present migration patterns of sharks in the Atlantic was altered because of these slaver ships in the 1800s.

        ...There are things that I learned in shooting this film that we didn't tell, like how the migration patterns of sharks in that part of the Atlantic, the ones that still exist today, began as a result of slavers throwing slaves overboard because they'd run out of food or were being chased. We didn't show this because we didn't think people would believe it... - Djimon Hounsou

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