History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But ...

AFA copy 39088019024447 gift from Janet Stanley. Contents 1. Potential laborers or "troublesome savages"? : settlement of liberated Africans in the Bahamas -- 2. "Binding them to the trade of digging ...

There was a time when the better off flaunted their status by buying mansions, driving fancy cars, and wearing top hats.

Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a ...

There was a time when the better off flaunted their status by buying mansions, driving fancy cars, and wearing top hats.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica ...

Engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, Jamestown, Virginia, 1619. The Dutch government reportedly plans to apologize for its role in the slave trade ...

Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships off the coast of Central America. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, have ...

By Latrishka Thomas The sound of a gavel striking and a bell ringing was a pivotal moment during the recent Intra-African ...