By the 1860s, Britain was growing tired of maintaining its colonies. The costs, especially of defending British North America, were burdens that a growing number of British politicians could do ...

1750: 61% of all British North American slaves -- nearly 145,000 -- live in Virginia and Maryland, working the tobacco fields. 1770: Crispus Attucks is killed in the Boston Massacre. 1775 ...

By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

A British woman who was detained in a US immigration detention facility for nearly three weeks has returned to the UK, ...

They keep saying in all their booklets that this is not a prison,” she said to a news outlet. “It’s hard to distinguish from ...