As we observe the nation’s 250th anniversary this year, we must do more than listen to the reading of the Declaration of ...
Jamestown Settlement and Jamestown Rediscovery will host events on Saturday to honor the first Africans who were enslaved and ...
On 4 August 1626 three ships dropped anchor in the road off the leeward coast of St Christopher (St Kitts) in the Caribbean. A hundred English settlers rowed ashore, come to make their fortunes in ...
After Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807, it began intercepting slave ships on the Atlantic Ocean and taking the ...
The Africans on the intercepted ships carrying enslaved people were taken to the remote island of St. Helena where thousands ...
An invaluable new book tells the story of two ships that were once central to the nation’s debates. “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” — attributed to ...
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — A rare piece of maritime history has returned to Savannah for the first time in generations, giving visitors the opportunity to step aboard one of the world’s last actively sailing ...
The Saudi authorities confirmed a strike on one of the ships. These are the first claimed attacks since the Iranian-backed Yemeni group announced a blockade on Saudi Arabia. By Pranav Baskar The ...
The British Royal Navy spent the better part of the 19th century patrolling the Atlantic, intercepting ships full of captured Africans. Great Britain had outlawed the slave trade in 1807, but there ...
Quest was purchased by Shackleton for a Canadian Arctic expedition that was later aborted, before working as a sealer off Newfoundland and Labrador. Credit: British Arctic Air Route Expedition / Royal ...
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