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History | History

History | History

Gold coin stash from time of Henry VIII found in English garden

While weeding in their garden, a family discovered a hoard of gold coins dating back to the 1400s.

History | History

Zora Neale Hurston's interview with one of America's last slaves

Excerpt from Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston. In 1931, she sought to publish an important piece of American history — the story of Cudjo Lewis, the only living survivor of the final slave ship to land in America.