Captain John Kimber was accused of suspending the 15-year-old child by her ankle while whipping her on deck with a cat o' ...

Olaudah Equiano's harrowing first-person account of being captured in Africa, transported across the Atlantic in horrific conditions aboard a slave ship, and sold into slavery in colonial America.

Captain of the TUI Cruise vessel Mein Schiff 1, Georgios Dimou (2nd left) presents Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations (JAMVAC), Joy Roberts (left) with the ship’s token in memory of the vessel ...

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Montego Bay has begun the phased return of tourism after Hurricane Melissa, marked by the arrival of TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 1 with 2,894 passengers. Officials say the visit signals a strong cruise ...

The actress spoke of her stifling role options after winning the coveted award. Lupita Nyong’o is getting real about her acting career since winning an Oscar in 2013 for 12 Years A Slave. The ...

Lupita Nyong’o revealed in an interview with CNN that winning an Oscar for her supporting performance in “12 Years a Slave” only led to acting offers for more slave roles in the months that followed ...

Passage Theatre is presenting Dutchman and The Slave. The production links a pair of 1964 plays by Amiri Baraka. Written during the height of the civil rights movement, both dramas depict an explosive ...

New Yorkers on Monday morning said goodbye to a floating jail that lived off the coast of the South Bronx, marking the end of a facility that for many reformers symbolized problems with the city's ...

The ship was on a sailing to Barbados when the ship made an unexpected stop in A Caruña, Spain Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance via Getty A crew member on board P&O Cruises' Arvia ship died ...

U.S. Sailors man the rails of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) during a decommissioning ceremony for the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6 ...

A tearful Kim Kardashian begs Kanye West to stop “burning bridges” in the entertainment and fashion industries in the new documentary, In Whose Name?, which was released on Friday, September 19. “I ...