While the American colonies challenge Britain for ... and a revolution in Haiti inspires slave rebellions throughout the southern United States. The nation expands westward; slavery becomes ...

Volume 2: Preface Book II. Delineation of the State of Slavery in our Colonies, in its Ordinary Practical Nature and Effects: 1. Reasons for resuming this work 2. Of agricultural labour in the torrid ...

For many years, Western Civilization (Western Tradition) has been under assault from the Marxist Left – in schools, colleges, the media, woke corporations, etc. Why? Simply because the foundations of ...

Martinique and the Southern United States after the different abolitions of slavery, between 1833 and 1838 for the British colonies, in 1848 for the French colonies, then in 1865 for the United States ...

LONDON — A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies.

In the 19th century, London reversed course, however, banning the slave trade in 1807 and abolishing slavery in the colonies in 1833. At the recent Commonwealth summit, King Charles III argued ...

The captives were abducted and transported across the Atlantic to be sold as slaves to work on plantations across its Caribbean and North American colonies. The same ships then returned to Britain ...

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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 ...

Sir Keir Starmer attends a Welcome Reception during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa (Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire) From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Britain's leaders will likely face uncomfortable questions about reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade at a summit of nations it once colonized ...