A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

Henry “Box” Brown’s idea to ship his way to freedom might have been the most successful disappearing act of all time.

click image for close-up Dejected, depressed, and despondent, captives aboard slave ships felt they had nothing to lose and so took any opportunity to revolt. According to Alexander Falconbridge ...

On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the ...

Deep in the waters off the Western Coast of Florida, secrets are waiting to be unearthed in the Gulf.

Artist Katherine Sandoz curated an exhibition of fiber-based artworks and ceramics, while chefs Chino Hathcock and Sam ...

Tara Roberts, Explorer-in-Residence for National Geographic, came to Western Illinois University in Macomb to talk about her ...

Onimata Kan is famous for two things: a successful career writing S&M erotica, and hosting the erotic gatherings aboard what has come to be known as the Slave Ship, where the main attraction is ...

One was the Society's emblem. The other was this plan of the Liverpool slave ship, the Brookes. Below the plan was a detailed description of the Brookes and information about the ship's trading ...

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