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

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 ...

Papers presented at a conference "The Atlantic Slave Trade: Who Gained and Who Lost?" held at the University of Rochester in October 1988. Contents Introduction : gainers and losers in the Atlantic ...

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

Grammy-winning artist Ciara has been granted citizenship in Benin, becoming one of the first prominent individuals to benefit ...

WARNING: There are spoilers ahead for Eyes of Wakanda! Eyes of Wakanda just repeated one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best storytelling tricks last seen in Loki Season 1, and it’s still one of ...

A San Francisco federal judge halted the removal of temporary immigration protections for more than 60,000 migrants from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elon Musk's historical misstep on slavery sparks backlash as critics slam his revisionist narrative, exposing his flawed ...

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

A memorial to enslaved Africans transported on Lancaster-owned ships as part of the Transatlantic slave trade has been ...