Black British

Olaudah Equiano was a famous African in London who had supported the British movement to end slave trading. Olaudah is known for his famous 1789 autobiography, which described his experience as a slave. The autobiography, The interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, goes into detail of his experience of when he was kidnapped and sold to slave traders. Olaudah was one of millions of Africans who were taken from his homeland and sold into slavery.…

Autobiographic Goal Mary Prince tells about her experiences as a slave in the British West Indies in the autobiography The History of Mary Prince a West Indian Slave Narrative. This narrative exists in a time between the abolition of slavery in England, and the abolition of slavery in all of the British colonies. With the help of Thomas Pringle, Prince was able to publish her story which gives readers an insight into slavery in the British West Indies. It comes off as a cry from the heart, but…

more about my own history. Through my ancestor’s historic journey from India to British Guiana my Indo-Guyanese identity becomes clearer. Furthermore, the aim of this paper is to establish transparency and dispel the vagueness around the indentured labor system in British West Indies. The paper also special places emphasis on the journey of the women in that era and…

local lands were seldom attacked by other countries. The war of 1812. Although royal troops had occupied Washington, D.C in 1814, and the president and cabinet escaped , president James Madison said to the congress that he guaranteed the war against British people was ‘preserving a constant readiness to concur in an honorable re-establishment of peace and friendship . His words to congress came true. The United States and Britain after the war restored friendly relations, and for the United…

every history class. It’s mainly seen as a story in which a group of colonists decide to gather together and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. But really, it 's much more significant than that. It was the event that unified Americans against British taxation and made them realize the true oppression that they lived under. It was one of the major events that led America to becoming an independent country. But that’s not only why it’s important. The Boston Tea Party essentially serves as…

borders drawn were patterns of power that disregarded the feelings of the native populations. Nationalism was arising to become a potent force of world affairs. The Boer War of 1899–1902 of Dutch settlers in South Africa and their black supporters who would not submit to the British government.. The U.S. conquest of the Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba ,and other Pacific islands was done to “’liberate’ these lands from Spanish rule” (Howarth 11). The anti-foreign Boxer Revolution in China in 1900,…

The agreement known now as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, was a under the table compromise between the British, Mark Sykes, and the French, François Georges-Picot, which effectively divided the Ottoman territories they expected to inherit as a result of a victory in WWI. The proposed sphere of influence in the Middle East began on the Anatolian Peninsula north of Crete, ran north to the Black Sea, from there moved south to the Persian Gulf, then west to the Gulf of Aqaba, extending onto the Sinai…

than 20 slave owners. The rebels headed towards Florida, where Signs of “Liberty” had been carried by the rebels, where they were singing, beating drums and were recruiting more slaves. However the slaves’ revolt had not been successful as the amount black slaves killed was twice as the amount of whites killed.…

Rival enemies France and Britain, were among the dominant global powers engaged in international power politics leading into the eighteenth century. The continual large-scale wars involved in empire building, produced devastating effects on the economy and social cohesion of the countries involved. In particular, the impact the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence had on the French economy created a volatile environment, setting off a sequence of events leading to the revolution.…

endure the hardships of German assault, so the 1st Canadian Division provided a variety of equipments and later became part of the 7th British Army Corps. By creating a new formation of the army, Britain was able to intensely prepare for the counter-attack against the German force. Also, many Canadians pilots with the experiences became flight instructors in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan which trained 167,000 air personnels, including more than 50,000 pilots in Canada, which became…