In 1775, Britain was at its height of global power, with its colonies spread across the globe, including the American ...

Description This lesson focuses on the early development of slavery in the northern American colonies. The lesson, which features University of South Carolina Professor Nicole Maskiell, opens with ...

By the 1700s, discontent had boiled over. Britain taxed the colonies for sugar, tea and alcohol. American anger rose with every shipment. In 1776, the 13 colonies declared independence. The ...

Slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Dutch colonies in the Caribbean on July 1, 1863, but most of the enslaved laborers were forced to continue working on plantations for another decade.