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The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off ...
In 1839, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque, along with hundreds of others from the West African village of Mendeland, ...
Marine archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery off the coast of Costa Rica, shedding new light on a mystery that has ...
For a decade, the president has said he wants to emulate ‘record-holder’ Dwight D. Eisenhower, but the 1954 claims were phony ...
Marine archaeologists uncover two 18th-century Danish slave ships in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica. Learn about the 1710 ...
THE COMMONWEALTH Foundation has announced the five regional winners of the world’s most global literary prize.
In 1710, two Danish slave ships got lost in some smog while sailing through the Caribbean and ultimately became shipwrecked ...
A host of beloved authors have new books hitting shelves this week, including a memoir by humorist Barry, a Mark Twain bio by ...
Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.
A coalition of lawmakers and advocates says there is no better time to push for varying forms of reparations as […] ...