The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

As America get ready to mark its 250th birthday, we take a look at the time the British troops raided Bergen County towns.

Books: C. A. Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons (2004); Padraic Scanlan, Slave Empire: How Slavery Made Modern Britain (2020) David Olusoga, Black and ...