Upon landing on Africa's "slave coast," the cargo was exchanged for Africans. Fully loaded with its human cargo, the ship set sail for the Americas, where the slaves were exchanged for sugar ...

Deep beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, a remarkable hunt is unfolding. Joe Sziga, a retired fisherman turned treasure ...

Slaves packed like cargo between decks often had to lie in each other's feces, urine, and blood. Africans were often treated like cattle during the crossing. On the slave ships, people were ...

That cargo was human beings ... 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. "How people could do that back ...

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

An illustration showing how enslaved Africans were stored in the cargo hold of slave ships for transportation across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas. On the coast of Western Africa ...