The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but ...

The installation draws a connection between the Battle of Brooklyn and British colonization in India. The Old Stone House played a critical role in the American Revolutionary War, and the installation ...

The countries’ trade agreement is just a first step, U.S. officials say. But consumers in the U.K. are wary of American food ...

European powers began carving out their first permanent footholds in the Americas. This video traces how explorers, settlers, ...

Certainly, that is how plant hunters have been described in recent works, including a 2012 children’s book, The Plant Hunters ...

As the British Empire expanded around the globe ... barely earning a footnote in many chronicles of American colonization. “When historians have thought about Bermuda, it’s as a curiosity ...

New data from the U.K. government showed applications surged in the first three months of this year, which some analysts ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...

Punkah' is a colonial-era anglicisation of the Hindustani term pankha, which referred to handheld fans. Punkah-pullers were ...

Punkah refers to a large, rope-pulled, swinging fan hung from the ceiling that became a staple for the British to withstand ...

A surprise dead-of-night attack helped lead to US independence from the British. Now, a series of events are commemorating ...

The new silver exhibit “Silver from Modest to Majestic,” which officially opens May 24, shows pieces of silver from Colonial ...