For all that however, the slave trade had to be brought to an end because it was standing in the way of the development of something even more profitable, if not any less abhorrent than the slave ...

Imagine that you are a merchant in 17th-century Mexico. With bated breath, you stand at the harbor of Acapulco, eagerly ...

Listen to a short summary Read by Guy R. Your browser does not support the audio element.The theme for Black History Month ...

The final twist to the story is that, thanks to an act of grace and courage by a modern lawyer, Jack McGee, the home site of ...

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

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 ...

The Star Wars Universe is filled with amazing space ships, but which of the Empire and Rebel Alliance's crafts are the most ...

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

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

Stop! Put down your keycard, and step away from the inch-of-gold sale table. Cruise ship shops can be useful, but they're generally overpriced. They carry items you might have left at home and find ...

A Norwegian-owned, Russian-crewed ship that authorities initially suspected of involvement in damage to an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland has been ...

following Britain's 1807 abolition of the African slave trade, the Royal Navy's Preventative Squadron attempted to stop the traffic of stupendously profitable human cargoes to the New World. While ...