A pirate shipwreck found off the coast of Madagascar could hold the key to a £100million treasure trove. A new study has been published by Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation researchers who ...

HAMPTON — The life of Dinah Small Burdoo, believed to be the last formerly enslaved person to live in Hampton, was honored on ...

Workers installing a water pipeline in Croatia made an unexpected discovery, unearthing the remains of an 18th-century wooden boat.The discovery was made this spring in the southern Croatian city of ...

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 Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

In a story published July 3, 2025 about an anti-slavery scroll, The Associated Press erroneously reported the document shed ...

After months of pushback from its student body, Harvard University officials have decided to replace the school’s shield that features the crest of an 18th century slaveholder.

A ceremony to honor two enslaved individuals from the 18th century was held at the First Church of Longmeadow Thursday morning.

“I wake up every morning in a house built by slaves,” Michelle Obama said Monday during her speech at the Democratic National Convention.