Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...

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A first-of-its-kind museum dedicated to the Clotilda - the last known slave ship - and its 110 survivors will officially open on Saturday, 163 years to the date that the vessel arrived into Mobile Bay ...

It was in 1619, "about the latter end of August," that an English privateer ship reached Point Comfort on the Virginia peninsula—and changed history ...

In July 1860, just a few days after Americans celebrated the country’s independence, a schooner slipped into Alabama’s Mobile Bay, carrying 110 captives. Their first exposure to the land of the free ...

The last slave ship, Clotilda, resurfaces in 3D in New York after more than a century sunk and hidden underwater.

Two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, previously thought to have been pirate ships, have been confirmed to be two Danish slave ships, a museum said Sunday. "Investigations of ship ...

The University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture & Community Development has opened a new exhibition using architectural design as a lens to examine one of the most infamous slave ships in ...

Marine archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery off the coast of Costa Rica, shedding new light on a mystery that has puzzled historians for centuries. What were once believed to be pirate ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new project aimed at honoring the history of enslaved Africans in America is set to take shape in Richmond. City leaders, in partnership with The Shockoe Project, have ...

Along the picturesque streets of Georgetown is a trail of plaques marking some of the hidden history of the neighborhood's past. Now known for their trendy shop ...

Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...