A description of conditions on board the slave ships and an outline of the Zong case of 29 November 1781. Poor weather conditions and inept navigation resulted in a journey that took months rather ...

this life as a sailor would continue for many years. After many voyages, including stints on a Spanish merchant ship and with England's Royal Navy, Newton found himself sailing on a slave ship.

One thing he realized, though, was that his life was far from typical ... his horrendous voyage on a slave ship, his bondage in the Americas, his conversion to Christianity, the purchase of ...

Henry “Box” Brown’s idea to ship his way to freedom might have been the most successful disappearing act of all time.

According to historical records, the Isabelita was a slave ship operating in the Western Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea waters. There is a Spanish Well near the Anclote Key boat ramp that ...