General History

General History

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Captives being brought on board a slave ship on the West Coast of Africa (Slave Coast), c1880. Although Britain outlawed slavery in 1833 and it was abolished in the USA after the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, the transatlantic trade in African slaves continued. The main market for the slaves was Brazil, where slavery was not abolished until 1888. (Colorised black and white print). Artist Unknown.. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Black British historySlavery's painful legacy

Spectacles of death: public executions in London.

The Bank of England: everything you wanted to know.

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Empire: the big historical questions.

15 minutes of fameRediscovering forgotten figures.

Black British history: everything you wanted to know.

Image of black people protesting. (GettyImages_1153422488)

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Black British historyA timeline of key moments

Image of Somalians meeting in a cafe

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Black British historyKey questions answered

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

(L to R) Elizabeth I, Charles II and Edward VII

How to be a successorDo’s and don’ts for heirs to the throne from history.

Hakim Adi

Hakim Adi“There’s still this hangover that everything has to be seen through the prism of enslavement”.

African and Caribbean people in Britain: a 2,000-year history.

Royal funerals: everything you wanted to know.

Queen Victoria's son, King Edward VII, rides in Queen Victoria's funeral procession, February 1901. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Thiele/Getty Images)

Lessons from historyWhat happens when a monarch dies?.

Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

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QuizBritish prime ministers

How nomads changed the world.

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Monarchy timelineFrom Hastings to the Windsors in 122 moments

The big questions of religious history.

Castles: from mighty fortresses to fantastical palaces.

Ilustration showing thorned brambles growing up the nervous system of a pink torso, the brambles at the bottom of the piece are growing in the shape of a uterus, and there are blackberries where the ovaries should be. A blue, gloved hand is coming in from the left to pluck at the ovary blackberry, and another gloved hand coming in from the right is using gardening secateurs to cut one of the branches. A metaphor for endometriosis, and in a broader sense, women's medical neglect and oppression

The gender pain gap: perceptions of women's health through history.

Mount Orgueil – or Gorey Castle in Jersey, Channel Islands

Jersey6 fascinating historical places to explore.

Glass men & killer doubles: a history of delusions.

A spare anchor sits in its well on the forepeek of the shipwrecked Titanic.

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From Terror to Titanic: 7 famous shipwrecks

In partnership with St Helena Tourism

Illustration showing woman receiving a caesarean section

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Q&AWhat are the origins of the caesarean section?

The George Inn at Norton St Philip

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In search of Britain’s oldest pub

Troops clear damage after the Lynmouth flood disaster of 1952

Britain’s flood disasters: a brief history.

The Sahara: a green and pleasant land.

Measurement: an unexpected history.

Treason: from Anne Boleyn to Lord Haw Haw.