Slave ships arrived on the west coast of Africa, where it took an average of six months to gather the entire the human cargo of slaves. The middle passage, as the journey to the Americas was known ...

Slave ships arrived on the west coast of Africa, where it took an average of six months to gather the entire the human cargo of slaves. The middle passage, as the journey to the Americas was known ...

The possible discovery of the Clotilda - the last slave ship to bring human cargo to the U.S. - has set off a wave of interest among archeologists and history buffs.

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Over more than three centuries, more than 12 million Africans were loaded on ships, bound for the Americas to be slaves. Aboard the slaver, or Guineaman, as the vessels were also ...

The story of the Clotilda and its human cargo began with a boast, ... This later period is where “The Last Slave Ship” adds new fuel to the conversation about the history of slavery, ...

In 1794, the Portuguese slave ship São José wrecked with 400 slaves aboard; ... The ballast was used to weigh down the slave ship and its human cargo. Iziko Museums “It’s a ...

The Slave Ship A Human History Marcus Rediker Viking: 434 pp., $27.95 ...

Relying on historical records and accounts from old timers, AL.com may have located the long-lost wreck of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to bring human cargo to the United ...

During a 1781 voyage from West Africa to Jamaica, Capt. Luke Collingwood, commanding a ship named the Zong, faced a conundrum. After 2½ months at sea, epidemic dysentery had already killed ...

Attendees, many of them dressed in white, gathered near Africatown Bridge on the banks of the river, where the ship remains ...