The New Yorker17d
Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
Where were enslaved Africans taken from? The answer could be hidden in their bones.
Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help ...
The Art Newspaper13d
A descendant of people trafficked aboard the slave ship Clotilda on learning from history’s unsung heroes
Jeremy Ellis’s ancestors were among the 110 enslaved people who survived the last known Transatlantic voyage in 1860 ...
On This Day: Supreme Court rules in Amistad case
On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the ...
Did former slave really ship his way to freedom? Undermain Theatre play shares story of Henry Box Brown
Henry “Box” Brown’s idea to ship his way to freedom might have been the most successful disappearing act of all time.
U.S. News & World Report2d
Anse Cafard Slave Memorial
They commemorate an 1830 catastrophe when a slave ship failed to properly anchor in Anse Cafard and careened into Martinique's Diamond Rock Mountain, killing many of the passengers and sailors as ...
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum hosts 'Supper at Sea' gala with original art and food
Artist Katherine Sandoz curated an exhibition of fiber-based artworks and ceramics, while chefs Chino Hathcock and Sam ...
Tri States Public Radio8d
Diving to the bottom of the ocean to document slave shipwrecks
Tara Roberts, Explorer-in-Residence for National Geographic, came to Western Illinois University in Macomb to talk about her ...
ABC Action News21d
Remnants of slave ship found off Florida coast by treasure hunter
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 ...