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The Victoria and Albert and the British Museum have lent 32 richly decorated items to descendants of the original owners in Ghana.
Africa’s Asante Empire was rich and powerful, through trade in gold and slave. But when slavery was outlawed in Britain, conflict occurred with the chieftains.
The Head of Special Collections at Weber State Universitys Stewart Library has authored a new book highlighting historical images of Ogden, taken by one prolific photographer at the turn of the 20th century.
Great Britain has a long, storied military history. For every glorious victory and brilliant general, however, there's an ignominious defeat and blundering fool. The following list presents ten such incompetents.
An excerpt from Peter Fryer's Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain on William Cuffay, black tailor and leader of the London Chartists. Reprinted with footnotes by Past Tense in 2005.