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

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

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

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

The following seems to be the text of the amended circular issued by the English Admiralty on the fugitive slave question: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging is a powerful narrative intertwined with the historical experiences of slaves. (7News) ...

Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of Reconstruction and 91 years of Jim Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...

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 ...

The American Union owes its territorial aggrandizement to Slavery, and its commercial strongth ... and canvas for ships; and when it has served its purpose in these several forms, the same ...

But historians know very little about the individuals aboard these slave ships ... In 1841, as the American ship Creole traveled between Richmond, Virginia, and New Orleans, those on board ...