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Maryland should have been the fourth state in the union to pass a reparations commission — now it’s the first one to have it ...
Decades later, in 1906, when Abache (Clara Turner) talked of the filth ... many hope the discovery of the last slave ship will bring Mobilians together to acknowledge their shared history and ...
(See also: Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama ... and they could be socially and politically mobile. (See also: Nat Turner, an American rebel's complicated legacy.) ...
Twist ,” by the Irish author Colum McCann, projects an impatience with the idea that our individual and subjective ...
Our recommendations for summer reading in 2025, featuring many books from Wisconsin writers, and including selections for ...
Guest: Gregory P. Downs is a history professor at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of several books ...
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 ...
Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships off the coast ... some 21 square feet around the ship "specifically to obtain samples of the ...
The findings of an alleged slave ship off the coast of Costa Rica. (photo credit: National Museum of Denmark) Marine archaeologists have confirmed that two shipwrecks off Costa Rica’s southern ...
Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson finalized their divorce after four years of marriage but still have a few details to iron out regarding their daughter. While Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua ...
Michigan State linebacker Jordan Turner was not selected in the 2025 NFL Draft but earned a minicamp invite with the Denver Broncos last week. Turner was a bright spot on a dim MSU defense ...