MOST HAVE NO IDEA THE ROLE IT PLAYED IN ENDING THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE ... WORKING DECK OF THE SHIP AS WELL. SO FROM UP HERE WE’D HAVE OUR PEOPLE ACTUALLY SAILING THE SHIP.
A nonprofit, the Capital Region Land Conservancy, wants to give the land at 1401 and 1421 Brander St. as a gift to the city.
The final twist to the story is that, thanks to an act of grace and courage by a modern lawyer, Jack McGee, the home site of ...
One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...
But historians know very little about the individuals aboard these slave ships ... wresting control of the ship and sailing it to the Bahamas, where they eventually gained their freedom.
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) — It is estimated that 500 to 100,000 slave ships crashed at the height of the transatlantic trade, and with it, the lives of more than a million people were lost. Over the last ...
Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...
The Amerigo Vespucci is one of the most well-known symbols of Italy in the world (Photo courtesy of the Italy Embassy) AMMAN — The Amerigo Vespucci, the historic sailing ship and training ship of the ...
Disney Cruise Line will place two of its expanding fleet in Alaska for summer 2026 while keeping four ships sailing from Florida ports. The line announced its plans Thursday with the highlight of ...