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 ...

Darron Patterson grew up here in historic Africatown, the community founded by West Africans illegally smuggled into Mobile on the Clotilda, the last documented slave ship brought to America. "That ...

And how had their journeys come to such violent ends? “According to historical sources, the two Danish slave ships Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus were shipwrecked off the coast of ...

The remains of two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, previously thought to be pirate ships, have finally been found to be Danish slave ships, a museum reported Sunday.

Two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, previously thought to have been pirate ships, have been confirmed to be two Danish slave ships, a museum said Sunday. "Investigations of ...