The Grim Story of the Mackay-Bennett, the Titanic's Mortuary Ship
When the supposedly unsinkable 'Titanic' went down on April 15, 1912, the Halifax-based ship 'Mackay-Bennett' was assigned to ...
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Tour to observe arrival of enslavement ship
A walking tour will be offered tomorrow for a special edition of the Department of Culture’s Creatives Live! series. They ...
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KEY WEST’S MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM INSTALLS NEW PERMANENT EXHIBIT
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 shipwreck and ...
The 15 Most Powerful Star Wars Spaceships, Ranked
The Star Wars Universe is filled with amazing space ships, but which of the Empire and Rebel Alliance's crafts are the most ...
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Harvard Didn’t Just Kill Its Slavery Research Team. It Flunked History of Slavery 101.
Many people are shocked and saddened at how badly Harvard has stumbled in its efforts to reveal and repair the legacy of slavery at Harvard.  These stumbles may in fact be the most eloquent expression ...
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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...