And if you pause the map and click on a dot, you’ll learn about the ship’s flag—was it British? Portuguese? French?—its origin point, its destination, and its history in the slave trade.

They were packed like cargo onto the slave ship the Morovia (or the York; accounts vary). Their fate was excruciatingly obvious, and the only answer was a rebellion. The Igbo overpowered the ship ...

The Dublin-born star (seen with Lewis Hamilton, top; and right, with his wife Marie) has prostate and bladder cancer, which he said had spread over the past few months. Jordan, 76, said he had ...