One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

Once a slave ship made it to the Caribbean, the cargo of enslaved people would be sold at auction. Enslaved people were prepared for sale so that they would reach as high a price as possible.

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

Who are we looking for, who are we looking for? It's Equiano we're looking for. Has he gone to the stream? Let him come back. Has he gone to the farm? Let him return. It's Equiano we're looking for.

Slave ships usually took between six and eleven ... The Zong's owners attempted to claim compensation for the loss of their cargo of enslaved people. When the insurers refused, the case went ...

At least 300 children are facing an agonising death on an overcrowded 'slave ... people are very poor and need jobs. They believe life will be different for their children in Gabon. 'But these ...

Cudjoe Lewis could scarcely move. He was traveling across the Atlantic on an 86-foot cargo sailing vessel named the Clotilda. The cargo hold where he sat was cramped. It was loaded with the usual ...

Ships carried weapons and manufactured goods from Europe to the “slave coast” of West Africa on the first part of the round trip; in the Middle Passage, that cargo was traded for enslaved ...

The last known slave ship to travel ... the crime of transporting people from Africa. A 500-page report states that the “responsible” way to memorialize the ship is to protect it under the ...

Who are we looking for, who are we looking for? It's Equiano we're looking for. Has he gone to the stream? Let him come back. Has he gone to the farm? Let him return. It's Equiano we're looking for.