In 1839, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque, along with hundreds of others from the West African village of Mendeland, ...

In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the ...

Marine archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery off the coast of Costa Rica, shedding new light on a mystery that has ...

Marine archaeologists uncover two 18th-century Danish slave ships in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica. Learn about the 1710 ...

The quiet part behind what it's doing isn’t even being whispered anymore. The bias, the racism, the white supremacy, the hate ...

History never ceases to surprise us with recent discoveries, as has happened in Costa Rica, as several scientific analyses have confirmed that the wooden ships shipwrecked off its ...

Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.

A host of beloved authors have new books hitting shelves this week, including a memoir by humorist Barry, a Mark Twain bio by ...

For a decade, the president has said he wants to emulate “record-holder” Dwight D. Eisenhower, but the 1954 claims were phony ...

MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA) - A new park is coming to Mobile County. Called Lewis Landing Park, it will give people a new access point to Three Mile Creek for kayaking and fishing. On Wednesday, a ...