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This image shows the general direction of the triangular trade routes between continents during the transatlantic slave trade. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Roy Myers, 68, lingered at a simple map displayed on the wall labeled “Points of Arrival in North America.” It showed the path from Africa on slave ships. Myers, a retired advertising executive, ran ...

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the ...

An 18th-century engraving depicting cross sections of a ship used to transport enslaved people from Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean Historica Graphica Collection / Heritage Images / Getty ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A ship bearing the name Amistad once again is sailing the Atlantic, tracing a 19th-century route of the slave trade. The Freedom Schooner Amistad, a near-replica of the ship ...