Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...

What were once believed to be pirate shipwrecks have now been definitively identified astwo Danish slave ships that sank in the early 18th century. This finding not only rewrites part of maritime ...

Now her living grandchildren are learning of her life and legacy. An undated portrait of Matilda McCrear, the slave ship Clotilda's last survivor, shows her in her later years. She died in 1940 at ...

“The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research professor and ...

Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships off the coast of Central America. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus ...

A mural of the Clotilda adorns a concrete embankment in Africatown, a community near Mobile founded by Africans illegally transported to Alabama aboard the slave ship. Some of their descendants ...

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape bondage. Some fugitives took to the sea.

Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...

Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships off the coast of Central America. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, have ...