A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

The following case, which has been heard in the Liverpool Police-court, throws some light on the latest movements of the captain of the slave-ship Wanderer. On the 20th ult., JAMES NICHOLL ...

On the first leg of their trip, slave traders delivered goods from European ports to West African ones. On the "middle" leg, ship captains such as John Newton (who later became a foe of slavery ...

Born a free man, he was enslaved, then set free. Once the captain of a slave ship, he later denounced the slave trade, becoming a great influence in its demise. After his mother's death when he ...

Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into slavery along the way.

The captain of the Isabelita is identified as ... and 204 years ago, there are slave ships out here? It's kind of hard to reconcile," Paluska said. "And it is real," Zsiga said.

One of the main speakers at abolitionist meetings was John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became an abolitionist. He visited slave trading ports where he boarded slave ships. He collected ...

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

ABC Action News Reporter Michael Paluska takes us out with Captain Joe and as he shows us the history of a slave ship off Anclote Key. Then ABC Action News Reporter Rebecca Petit shows us a dedicated ...

One of the main speakers at abolitionist meetings was John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became an abolitionist. The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade tasked Thomas Clarkson ...