Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. However, the royal family has long been at the center of criticism regarding the modern role of the monarchy. Protesters ...

During the Mau Mau uprising between 1952 and 1960, the British colonial government confined an estimated 150,000 Kenyans in a sprawling network of “emergency” detention camps. None of those held in ...

British colonial rule in Nigeria lasted for decades, shaping the country’s political, economic, and social structures. Today, several places across Nigeria still bear the marks of this era, from ...

India’s decision to fly its flag at half-mast for Queen Elizabeth, someone who was also a colonial ruler until her last breath, is antithetical to the country’s post-1947 identity. Britain’s Queen ...

LONDON (AP) — After seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II is widely viewed in the U.K. as a rock in turbulent times. But in Britain’s former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Christmas pudding, a legacy of the British Empire, is enjoyed around the world -- including in former British colonies.

NMAI copy v.4 (39088014920409) from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. Provincial characteristics and sectional tendencies in the era preceding the American crisis: v. 1. Great Britain and ...

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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 were ...