For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- On this episode of Here and Now, we learn about the story behind the discovery of the single largest remaining trace of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The plaque outlining his role in the slave trade is installed despite being labelled "shameful". The Women of Llanrumney is set on a sugar plantation in 18th Century Jamaica. The stories of African ...

There is not much flash or flair in the making of Hardcore History—he doesn’t include sound effects or bring guests into his ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...

Thousands of more enslaved men, women and children would experience the same cruel journey from the mid-Atlantic and Upper South to New Orleans over the next 20 years until the evil slave trade is ...

As we prepare to celebrate Emancipation Day this Friday, we are called to reflect not only on our past, but also on the ...

Singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African ...