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 ...

World leaders are preparing to gather in London for the queen’s funeral on Monday. While glowing tributes continue to pour in, her death has also sparked painful memories and anger among several ...

Demonstrators this year demanded formal apologies from the royal family for its history of slavery. Elizabeth died Thursday at age 96, bringing an end to the United Kingdom's longest-serving monarch, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Conservative commentator Candace Owens said the British colonization of ...

“This is my dream—all British,” Empire Builder Cecil Rhodes once said, placing the palm of his hand across the map of Africa. Rhodes spoke 75 years ago, and in the following half-century his ...

IN BRITISH WEST AFRICA a bold experiment is approaching its climax. The Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia are on the road to self-government. If all goes according to plan the Gold ...

King Charles III stopped short of apologising for “unjustifiable” British colonial violence when he visited Kenya in October. A new book by the historian Stacey Hynd shows the depth of British ...

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 ...

The setting came right out of the great days of the British Empire. In the gilded splendor of Lancaster House, only a few hundred yards from Buckingham Palace, sat Moslems in silk turbans, Arabs in ...