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 ...

Discover the emotional journey of Black Americans in Ghana, seeking racial healing and connection to their African roots at Cape Coast Castle.

From the 1500s to the 1800s it is estimated that one million white Europeans, to include those captured at sea as well as through land raids abroad were enslaved. Many of these were Americans captured ...

Discover how the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is transforming intra-African trade, boosting economic growth, and creating jobs. Learn about its challenges and potential.

Despite shared borders, cultural ties, and common economic goals, intra-African trade accounts for only about 15% of total trade on the continent—far behind Europe’s 60% and Asia’s 50%.

Pope Victor I led the church from 189 to 199 AD, Pope Miltiades from 311 to 314 AD, and Pope Gelasius from 492 to 496 AD — all of whose roots trace to North Africa, a bastion of early Christianity.

Secretary Thompson on the African Slave-Trade. Share full article June 15, 1859 The New York Times Archives ...

History Slavery Myths Debunked The Irish were slaves too; slaves had it better than Northern factory workers; black people fought for the Confederacy; and other lies, half-truths, and irrelevancies.

The suppression of the African slave-trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 Publication date 1904 Topics Slave trade, Slavery -- ...

This hundred years—from approximately 1725 to 1825—is also the high-water mark of the slave trade, as Europeans send more than 7.2 million people to forced labor, disease, and death in the New ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in ...

1843 Topics Fula (African people), Slave trade Publisher [New York?] Collection library_of_congress; americana Contributor The Library of Congress Language English Item Size 60.4M Cover-title ...