Medieval Bengal’s links to the Straits world, a narrow stretch of water connecting to Southeast Asia and beyond, are overlooked. This world saw not only ocean-going vessels, but also coastal and ...

The setting for their flights was what became known as the “Blue Highway,” which ran up and down the Eastern Seaboard and ...

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

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 ...