From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

The shift from indentured servitude to racial slavery in the British colonies is evident in the development of the colonies' laws. • Virginia, 1639: The first law to exclude "Negroes" from ...

It’s interesting to speculate what the United States would look like today if the smaller colonies in North America had survived. Potentially, Denmark could have expanded into Newfoundland and the ...

Washington’s military career began when he was 21 years old. Campaign In 1789, only 10 of the 13 original colonies voted in the election. The 1790 Census reported a population of 3,929,214: 2.4 ...

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Few people realize, though, that before the world wars Germany had 11 colonies in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific. German influence is still evident in some of them, in some surprising ways.

So they think that the choice needs to be in the hands of people who would know — and I would also note that eight of the 13 original state legislatures chose their governors this way ...

Dozens of former British colonies are challenging their old colonial rulers to make amends for slavery and other injustices suffered under the British Empire. The idea of reparations was floated at ...