Concerning the trade on this Coast, ... The Gold Coast has changed into a complete Slave Coast. - William De La Palma Director, Dutch West India Co. September 5, 1705 ...

Two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, previously thought to have been pirate ships, have been confirmed to be two Danish slave ships, a museum said Sunday.

Sadiq Khan has announced the launch of a new slavery memorial in Accra, Ghana as part of global remembrance project ...

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 Brazilian slave-ship Henriqueta had no cause for alarm when it first spotted the British frigate Sybille early on September 6 1827, just off the west coast of Africa. Sybille was a sluggish 44 ...

How did this day come about? In 2006, the United Nations General Assembly, through resolution 61/19, recognized that “the slave trade and slavery are among the worst violations of human rights ...

USS Constellation played key role in ending transatlantic slave trade. ... It commanded the African squadron from 1859 to 1861, patrolling the West African coast and looking for illegal slave ships.

1. Cape Coast Castle. One of the most significant landmarks in the history of slavery — Cape Coast Castle — stands as a haunting reminder of the human suffering endured during the slave trade.

Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help descendants of enslaved people reconstruct their family histories.

From the beginning, the history of slavery in the Americas was mired in efforts to minimize its impact. Even before the end of the slave trade and of slavery, a robust and profoundly destructive ...