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What a 19th-century slave ship can tell us about one of Trump’s biggest attempts to defy the rule of law
In 1839, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque, along with hundreds of others from the West African village of Mendeland, ...
Archaeologist sheds new light on astonishing discovery of wrecked slave ships: 'Stranded on the coast'
Archaeologist David John Gregory recently spoke with Fox News Digital about the haunting discovery of Danish two slave ships, ...
Haunting slave ships found off coast of national park 300 years later: 'Very convincing'
Divers recently identified two Danish slave ships, Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, during an excavation near ...
‘Freedom Ship’ Review: Sailing Out of Slavery
An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape bondage. Some fugitives took to the sea.
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Locals Thought These Shipwrecks Had Belonged to Pirates. They Turned Out to Be 300-Year-Old Danish Slave Ships
The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off ...
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Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships
Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica that were previously believed to be pirate ships are ...
Danish ships involved in transatlantic slave trade uncovered off Costa Rica
Archaeologists have uncovered a pair of Danish slave ships that sank off the Central American coast in 1710, shedding more ...
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Haunting slave ships found off coast of national park 300 years later: ‘Very convincing’
Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus ...
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Centuries-old Danish slave shipwrecks discovered off Costa Rica’s coast
The findings of an alleged slave ship off the coast of Costa Rica. (photo credit: National Museum of Denmark) Marine archaeologists have confirmed that two shipwrecks off Costa Rica’s southern ...
Centuries-old Danish slave shipwrecks discovered off Costa Rica’s coast
This is one of the most dramatic events in Denmark’s maritime history — and now we know where it happened,” said marine ...
Danish slave ships wreckage found off coast of Costa Rica, museum confirms
Denmark's National Museum said two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica were previously thought to have been pirate ships.