World’s largest medieval cargo ship emerges from its underwater grave off European coast

Researchers dated the ship by conducting tree-ring analysis, which showed it was built with timber from Pomerania, in ...

Here's a list of museums on Cape Cod to visit this winter

Here are five indoor museums to explore on Cape Cod this winter.

Here’s how museums in Southern California will celebrate America 250

Historical artifacts, including land surveys by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, a letter written by Abraham Lincoln ...
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Slave made stoneware pottery at the Columbus Georgia Collective Museums

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How The Last Known American Slave Ship Sparked One Of The Nation’s Greatest Artistic Traditions

On July 8, 1860, 110 kidnapped West Africans were offloaded from the ‘Clotilda’ in Alabama’s Mobile River. ‘Clotilda’ sailed in 52 years after the international trade in human beings was outlawed in ...
Black Enterprise

Angola’s National Museum Of Slavery Aims To Unite The Diaspora

Angola’s National Museum of Slavery seeks to help descendants of enslaved people reconnect with their enduring history of resilience. With the National Museum of Slavery, Angola is positioning itself ...
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Angola’s slavery museum confronts the darkest horrors of the trade — and honors those who fought back

(CNN) — On the outskirts of Luanda, in a centuries-old white house on a hill, a small museum documents one of the greatest horrors of human history. Luanda, the Angolan capital, was the epicenter of ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Zorg’ Review: A Claim on Bondage

When the slave ship Zorg set sail for the Caribbean from the African island of São Tomé on Sept. 6, 1781, it embarked on a horrific journey that would ultimately awaken a movement to end England’s ...
Hyperallergic

Remains of 18th-Century Slave Ship Find Safe Harbor at Smithsonian

Underwater archaeologists at the site of the São José slave ship wreck near Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (courtesy Iziko Museums, all images via Smithsonian Institution) Long-lost between two reefs ...
Variety

Lupita Nyong’o Says Oscar Win for ’12 Years a Slave’ Led to Acting Offers to Play More Slaves; One Offer Included the Pitch: ‘This Time You’re on a Slave Ship!’

Lupita Nyong’o revealed in an interview with CNN that winning an Oscar for her supporting performance in “12 Years a Slave” only led to acting offers for more slave roles in the months that followed ...