Between the 16th and 19th centuries, as many as a thousand slave ships carrying captive Africans sank while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. National Geographic explorer and writer Tara Roberts has been ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

Joe Zsiga believes he is closing in on the treasure of Commodore Louis Aury, worth $200 million, near New Port Richey, ...

Into the Depths’ n “Into the Depths” on view through March 1. In the special exhibits gallery, learn about the work of Diving ...

At least 300 children are facing an agonising death on an overcrowded 'slave ship', aid agencies fear. They say scores may already have died in atrocious conditions aboard the small, rusting ...

A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging is a powerful narrative intertwined with the historical experiences of slaves.

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

They commemorate an 1830 catastrophe when a slave ship failed to properly anchor in Anse Cafard and careened into Martinique's Diamond Rock Mountain, killing many of the passengers and sailors as ...

Listen to a short summary Read by Guy R. Your browser does not support the audio element.The theme for Black History Month ...