The Persecution of Finland’s Russian Peddlers
In the 19th century Russian peddlers became a scapegoat in Finland’s resistance against the tsar’s empire.
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Why Did Britain Abolish the Slave Trade?
The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral enlightenment?
The Rif War
As Spain and France moved into Morocco, the people of the Rif Mountains united to form a new state. For five years they fought one of the most successful wars of resistance in imperial history.
African Princes Between the Companies
In 1717 two African princes were sold into slavery. Navigating London society and the machinations of the East India and Royal African Companies, they negotiated a path home.
The Starving Time in Jamestown
Colonists had contrasting views on the Jamestown famine. How severe was it really?
The Roman Annexation of Cyprus
In the first century BC Cyprus was caught between a waning Ptolemaic dynasty and an ambitious, indomitable Rome.
The British Empire’s Brothels
British servicemen overseas bought sex, sometimes in brothels run by the British army. In the 1970s they began to talk about it.
The Maharajah’s English Tutor
The Raj’s control of India’s princely states was never absolute, as the British-appointed tutor to the last maharajah of Travancore discovered.
On the Spot: Mary Beth Norton
‘What historical topic have I changed my mind on? That the Indian war then occurring to the north of Salem was crucial to the expansion and perpetuation of the witchcraft crisis.’
‘The Invention of the Eastern Question’ by Ozan Ozavcı review
The Invention of the Eastern Question: Sir Robert Liston and Ottoman Diplomacy in the Age of Revolutions by Ozan Ozavcı offers the ‘sick man of Europe’ a second opinion.