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 ...

Rep. Jennifer McClellan shared her family’s deep roots in America’s history of racism and resilience, highlighting how ...

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 ...

The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off ...

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 ...

Denmark's National Museum said two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica were previously thought to have been pirate ships.

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 ...

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 ...

The findings of an alleged slave ship off the coast of Costa Rica. (photo credit: National Museum of Denmark) Marine archaeologists have confirmed that two shipwrecks off Costa Rica’s southern ...