The German Coast Uprising was the largest slave revolt in United States history. The 1831 Nat Turner rebellion ... from the start,” writes historian Joseph E. Holloway, “and yet slaves ...

Crews are in the process of removing sand buildup to ensure ships have enough depth to come in and out of the harbor. It’s a massive cleanout at the mouth of St. Joseph's Harbor. Crews are ...

København - Recent archaeological findings off the coast of Costa Rica have uncovered the wrecks of two Danish slave ships that sank in 1710. These vessels, which were originally tasked with ...

Archaeologists are confident they have found the wreckage of an 800-ton Dutch merchant ship that sunk off the coast of Australia 168 years ago. The Koning Willem de Tweede was lost near Robe ...

The first American-built slave trader of which there is a definite record was the ship Desire, a vessel of 120 tons, built at Marblehead in 1636. The Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, after the ...

The Africans had been kidnapped by English pirates from a Spanish slave ship headed for Mexico. Five years later, in 1624, two of them – Anthony and Isabella – were listed in Capt.

Archaeologists have confirmed that two shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica are the remains of the Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, two Danish slave ships that have been missing ...

“The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” Dr Gregory said.

Archaeologists have uncovered a pair of Danish slave ships that sank off the Central American coast in 1710, shedding more light on the role played by Denmark in the transatlantic trafficking of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a pair of Danish slave ships that sank off the Central American coast in 1710, shedding more light on the role played by Denmark in the transatlantic trafficking of ...