Contractors working on the $3.5 billion Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project plan to build a concrete batch plant on Conception Street Road in Africatown. But not if the residents of the historic ...

Slavery is one of the most tragic realities of human history. It has led to conflicts, trauma, generational inequality, and ...

Mobile city and county leaders struck a unified tone Thursday during the annual State of the City and County Address, highlighting collaboration on a wide range of projects while dismissing ...

THINGS have taken a turn since the flaming Café Brûlot cocktail at lunch. I’m now a jumble of Mardi Gras sequins and feathers, and there is a giant eagle mascot lying at my feet.   An hour ...

Firsthand accounts from the Atlantic slave trade describe sharks circling vessels, drawn by death and waste thrown overboard. This article explores what witnesses recorded and how fear was ...

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is in New York to face drug trafficking charges following his capture during an overnight military attack by the United States, and amid his travel to America, he ...

"The illegal slave trade in the 18th century told through the life of a ship called the James Matthews. The Slaver was originally built in France and used as an illegal slave transport from Africa to ...

The ship, which dates back 600 years, is an exceptionally large cog – the dominant cargo vessel of the Middle Ages. It is estimated to be about 28 metres (92 ft) in length, nine metres (30ft) wide and ...

Digging a stadium-sized scoop out of one of the oldest sections of a city brimming with history is bound to unearth fragments of the past. In Shockoe Bottom, those fragments are likely to have a ...