Cassandra Lewis awaits approval from West African nation while reflecting on her great-great-grandfather Cudjo Lewis's ...

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

As we prepare to celebrate Emancipation Day this Friday, we are called to reflect not only on our past, but also on the ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...

Grammy-winning artist Ciara has been granted citizenship in Benin, becoming one of the first prominent individuals to benefit ...

Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and ...

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It was one of the biggest pirate heists in history; 300 years later, Cape Cod archaeologists think they've found the ...

A recent law passed by the West African country of Benin grants citizenship to anyone who can show they are descended from slaves. American singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to take up ...

Singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African ...