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Real Pirates Museum in Salem marks sinking of famous pirate ship with events, live music
Saturday marks the 308th anniversary of the sinking of the pirate ship, Whydah, after one of the worst storms in history hit ...
21 Years Later, Deported Back to a ‘Home’ He Barely Knew
Two decades had passed since Nascimento Blair was last in Jamaica, his homeland. Much had changed, including Mr. Blair ...
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‘Transporting us beyond the seas.’ How the fear of being sent to Britain for trial sparked the American Revolution
Royal authorities wanted to send some Colonial lawbreakers to Britain for trial. That incensed Americans, especially ...
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Key West’s ‘Spirits of the Passage’ exhibit documents maritime slave trade
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 ...
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A White Slave Trader Married African Royalty and Operated This Controversial Florida Plantation in the 1800s
Kingsley Plantation tells one of Florida’s most distinctive slavery stories. In the early 1800s, Zephaniah Kingsley ran this ...
In a first, explorers at WWII shipwreck discover aircraft from legendary Battle of Midway
The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...
All About The SS United States: Why Was This Ship So Important?
As the ocean liner SS United States is being prepared for its final voyage, from Alabama to a site off Florida, we look back ...
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The King of Pirates
Henry Avery, also known as Henry Every, earned the name 'King of Pirates' for an audacious act of piracy against a convoy of ...
This Historic 1950s Ocean Liner Will Be Sunk in Florida to Become the World’s Largest Artificial Reef
A historic ocean liner is getting a new legacy as the world's largest artificial reef. In its heyday, the SS United States ...