A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and bayonets,” killing a man known as Galloway or Gallaway, according to ...

Blackbeard may be the world’s most famous pirate, but throughout history there have been many legendary buccaneers who also ...

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

Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...

Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa. A European naval operation in the Mideast, known as EUNAVFOR Atalanta, said late Monday the incident remained under ...

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to bring it to light.

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 ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

Celebrating Black history by visiting on these seven museums is one the Blackest things you could do for Black History Month. And if you are a visual learner, the ...

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

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