From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming ...

Malabo, the island capital of Equatorial Guinea, sits closer to Cameroon than its own mainland, reflecting a complex colonial ...

Around 1750, the British ... Africa or the Caribbean. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans, or 300,000 people, were enslaved. Poverty in Northern Ireland forced a massive flight of Scots-Irish to the colonies.

Some of these colonies were given to Britain, which further increased its strength and influence in Africa. The impact of British control over countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa can ...

An incredible map shows every country invaded by ... in the 1500s with trading posts in the Americas and Africa. But Britain's first colony was Ireland, when they resettled the land with English ...