Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the ...

A decade-old program to educate students about the history of the whaling industry found itself beached on Thursday when Congress passed its 2011 spending bill. Known as the "Exchanges with Historic ...

East Carolina University’s Dr. Jason T. Raupp is the author of a new book, “Wrecked on the Reef: Maritime Archaeology of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Starting around 1650, whaling expanded along the Northeast coast of the British ...