Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a ... Each year 3,500 black captives arrived from Africa or the Caribbean. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans, or 300,000 people, were enslaved.

IN the University of Gottingen there is apparently the only copy of a map of the British Isles published in 1603 by John Woutneel and engraved by William Kip. It is a large sheet cut into four and ...

Some of these colonies were given to Britain, which further increased its strength and influence in Africa. The impact of British control over countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa can ...