Joe Zsiga believes he is closing in on the treasure of Commodore Louis Aury, worth $200 million, near New Port Richey, ...

Researchers believe they have found a long-lost American slave trafficking ship, thanks to the help of a local fisherman. The ship, known as the Carmango, was discovered in waters between Rio de ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts goes through a journey of self discover and healing while study sunken enslavement ...

In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West, shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the shipwreck and ...

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A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging is a powerful narrative intertwined with the historical experiences of slaves. (7News) ...

A further act in 1820 ensured participation in the slave-trade came under piracy laws, which was punishable by death. A more determined enforcement effort followed. Ships such as the USS Shark ...

The ship was turned away from Cameroon ... said governments turned a blind eye to the slave trade. 'The real problem is poverty,' he said. 'Benin people are very poor and need jobs.