Colonial history encompasses the period from the fifteenth to the twentieth century during which European powers established empires across Asia, Africa and the Americas. Driven by commercial ...

“Territorial empire has mattered for the United States, even if most people on the U.S. mainland are only vaguely aware of its colonial history.” For an empire, the United States hides it well. In his ...

America has just crossed a monumental milestone, celebrating its 250th birthday. And, as the fireworks fade, there’s no better way to carry on the celebrations than by taking a stroll down memory lane ...

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American slavery is commonly understood to have peaked in the late 18th century and was outlawed by the U.S. in the mid-19th century following the Civil War. The practice of slavery in the 17th ...

Aubrey Moog-Ayers was outside of an apothecary shop a few years ago, working as an orientation interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, when two men pulled her aside. The men, who said they were partners ...

You may expect remnants of New York City’s colonial history to be hard to find or cordoned off behind barriers and glass, but there are many vestiges of the past integrated into today’s modern ...