Naval warfare is rich with dramatic episodes. One such that deserves to be much better known is the campaign waged by England in the early 19th century against African slavery. Among the contestants ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “One of the chiefs took a vessel we had, filled it with soil and asked us to bring ...

Underwater archaeologists at the site of the São José slave ship wreck near Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (courtesy Iziko Museums, all images via Smithsonian Institution) Long-lost between two reefs ...

The last known U.S. slave ship is too "broken" and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and ...

Divers searched for the sunken vessel in the coast of Angra dos Reis. (all images courtesy AfrOrigens Institute) Researchers say they may have found a slave ship dating back to the 19th century off ...

In a similar vein, Vice President Vance has claimed that Americans who can trace their ancestry to those who fought in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by Alabama Historical Commission shows artifacts from the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved ...

Alabama is funding a memorial to honor the survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, and officials are now seeking artists to design it. According to information provided by the Alabama Historical ...

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 ...

One of the best films of the year, Margaret Brown’s “Descendant” is, strictly speaking, about the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship. After it was used to illegally kidnap and ...

The last known US slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and ...