They argued that the economy of the British Empire was reliant on the slave trade ... 50 rebels were captured, with 30 executed for treason. In 1815, a rumour had swept through Barbados that ...

Understanding the British Empire (CUP, 2010); Ronald Hyam, Britain's Imperial Century, 1815 to 1914 (CUP latest edn); John Newsinger, The blood never dried: A people’s history of the British Empire ...

The period 1700 – mid 1800 was marked by British naval dominance, as evidenced by the expansive colonial empire and victories ...

His brillant career ended on June 22, 1815 — four days after the Battle ... He wished, he said, "to reside in a country house near London." The British turned him down. Instead, they sent ...

The rise of the U.S. empire overlapped with the decline of the British empire ... in both Britain and the United States after 1815. It will likely do so again after 2025. The opportunities ...

Victoria knew she was rather plain, with her chief and perhaps only asset her position as queen of the mightiest empire on the globe ... 1840 with Albert in a British field marshal's uniform ...

In July 2015, my Budapest dwelling parents suggested we meet in Vienna for a family vacation − they took the train, my ...

European Religious Minorities in the Age of Nationalism (1815-1914), eds. Wessel Kruhl, Roberto Dagnino, and Alessandro Grazi (Leuven: Peeters, 2017), 117-36. Review of Joseph Hardwick, Prayer, ...

Published in two volumes in 1812 and 1815 ... Empire. Hessen-Darmstadt was Lutheran. Hessen-Kassel, where the Grimms were ...

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