The New Yorker21d
Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
Tara Roberts is surfacing human stories from the shipwrecks that killed enslaved Africans
The storyteller joins a team of African American divers on their worldwide quest to shed light on the untold history of the ...
On This Day: Supreme Court rules in Amistad case
On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the ...
Hosted on MSN14d
Researchers Have Discovered America's Last Known Slave Ship
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The Press Democrat10d
Petaluma writer reflects on slavery while making art in Virginia
While on an artists’ retreat at a former slave plantation, our columnist Eirinie Carson muses on history’s worst moments – ...
New Haven Independent7d
New Haven’s Final Slave Auction Remembered
Lucy and Lois Tritton were paraded through the streets of New Haven, led by a drummer shouting “slaves for sale.” The mother ...
UPI9d
On This Day: Supreme Court rules in Amistad case
March 9 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the Amistad slave ship had been illegally forced ...
Portland Press Herald19d
Maine storyteller goes on a personal journey in ‘The Malaga Ship’
But “The Malaga Ship” is not just a story about the history of the transatlantic slave trade ... now play an important role in the story. Last year, he said, he met his father again in ...
New Zealand’s record of colonial oppression of the Cook Islands
The New Zealand ruling elite depicts itself as a benevolent colonial ruler defending the Cook Islands from the alleged ...