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For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...
18TH CENTURY. Direct students to the indigenous to 18th century section of their graphic organizers. ... What was “dreadful” about the slave trade during the 18th century?
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
A new exhibit at Brown University illustrates links between the Ivy League school and the 18th century slave trade. The exhibit follows a “Slavery and Justice” report by Brown in October that ...
Roxbury home will tells the story of slavery, Boston and the British empire 02:28. ROXBURY - Nestled in a small neighborhood in Roxbury at 42-44 Shirley St. lies a historic 18th-century former ...
Under its surface we see the ghostly outlines of human figures, packed together as in the famous diagram of slaves laid out in the hold of an 18th-century slave ship. It is a haunting image ...
HAUNTING SLAVE SHIPS FOUND OFF COAST OF NATIONAL PARK 300 YEARS LATER ... But the shipwreck revealed its age when his crew spotted a copper sheath on the vessel. In the 18th century, copper was used ...
Church of England admits ‘real shame for us’ over slavery ties. Church plans to spend $121m to take action to address ‘our shameful past’ for involvement in the 18th-century slave trade.
Levant Mine, Cornwall. The Levant Mine operated from the late 18th century until its closure in 1930, mining tin and copper from beneath the sea bed. Credit - Peter Thompson—Heritage Images ...