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 ...

1960 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil beats South Africa’s Sandra Reynolds 8-6, 6-0.

The work of the Amistad Center is at risk after federal funding cuts wiped out 40% of the organization’s $1.5 million budget, ...

John Quincy Adams exemplified the courage and commitment to our founding ideals that made an end to slavery possible.

Terrifying Video Captures Moment Cruise Ship Line Snaps and Boat Drifts Away from Pier in 'Sudden Squall' The ‘Celebrity Edge’ was making a stop in Alaska’s capital city when the incident ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - A large cruise ship docked in Juneau broke free of its moorings in the Gastineau Channel during a severe thunderstorm on Monday. A Royal Caribbean Group spokesperson confirmed ...

The Brief A sudden squall in Juneau caused the Celebrity Edge cruise ship to break from its moorings. Video shows the ship swaying in heavy winds before drifting into Gastineau Channel. No ...

Christened in 2011, the USNS Medgar Evers may lose its name — a move that’s drawn backlash from Evers’ family and now the Jackson City Council.

Forgotten slave narratives do occasionally resurface. In 2016, literary historian Jonathan Schroeder discovered a 20,000-word text written by abolitionist John Swanson Jacobs while digging through ...

"Into The Depths" traces the lasting legacy of the global slave trade, connecting Africa, Europe, North America, and South America in a shared history of trauma, resistance, and rediscovery.