By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

How did Britain make money from the 13 colonies? The vast network of trade links built up by the British led them all to America. Trade played a large role in England's economy during the 17th and ...

The man with a taste for alcohol and a brilliant political mind would help shape the British colonies of North America into one nation.

Despite being nothing more than superstition, the continuing belief in 13's malign influence is so ... our Germanic heritage and a number of British scholars translated the Nordic myths for ...

Ranging from vast confederations on the Asian steppes to colonial projects that spanned the globe, these were the biggest ...

Grenada, another former British colony, is now facing internal calls to remove the Santa Maria from its coat of arms. The lead reparations official for the Bahamas has also said that there will be ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

21, Issue. 1, p. 74. The lawyer and leading abolitionist James Stephen (1758–1832) published Volume 2 of The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated in 1830. The volume is an exposure of ...

For a small group of islands, the United Kingdom gets its fair share of rain. Whether it’s hard and horizontal, fine drizzle, or a sudden, wet-to-the-undies downpour, the Brits know a thing or ...

13 1/4l behind Stanhope Gardens (9-7) at Beverley 7f mdn stks (4) gf in Aug. Hot Dancer 9-4 (9-7) Tracked leader, pushed along and headway over 1f out, rallied to go 2nd towards finish ...