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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 ...
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New congressional district gives voice to Black voters in Alabama
Two majority Black cities in Alabama now have Black representation in Congress because of court-ordered redistricting. The ...
The Economist6h
How golden ages really start—and end
Some of the golden ages Mr Norberg describes will be familiar to readers, but he adds fresh details and provocative arguments ...
LancasterOnline11h
Willow Street man who hand-carves decoys honorary chair of Havre de Grace festival [Q&A]
Decoy devotees are preparing to flock to Havre de Grace, Maryland — the town where the Susquehanna River officially flows ...
Key West Citizen15h
Key West’s ‘Spirits of the Passage’ exhibit documents maritime slave trade
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 ...