Pirates and the loot they plundered have long fascinated us. Stories like "Treasure Island" and movies like "Pirates of the ...

Their story is one of tragedy and resilience. Captive Africans are taken by boat to the slave ship Clotilda in 1860, at a slave port in what's now Benin. In 1860—52 years after the United States ...

Now her living grandchildren are learning of her life and legacy. An undated portrait of Matilda McCrear, the slave ship Clotilda's last survivor, shows her in her later years. She died in 1940 at ...

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 ...

“The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research professor and ...

Rep. Jennifer McClellan shared her family’s deep roots in America’s history of racism and resilience, highlighting how ...

According to a statement released by the National Museum of Denmark, however, a new investigation revealed them to be the remains of two former Danish slave ships that dramatically sank more than ...

Two Navy SEALs are facing disciplinary action after they were caught spreading racist memes of a fellow Black sailor.

The findings of an alleged slave ship off the coast of Costa Rica. (photo credit: National Museum of Denmark) Marine archaeologists have confirmed that two shipwrecks off Costa Rica’s southern ...

A former Black Navy SEAL will be reinstated after two Navy SEALs who purportedly shared racist memes face disciplinary action ...

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 ...