As the world celebrates Austen's 250th birthday, scholars share what makes the patron saint of marriage plots more popular ...

Paul uses the Drax family story as a prism to cast light on how Britain today looks at its past and the role slavery has ...

Journalist and historian Paul Lashmar has published extensive research into the wealthy and influential Drax family of Dorset ...

Is Britain a country worth defending? It’s not a question we’ve have had to ask ourselves for a while, not perhaps since the ...

Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade started in 1562, with the country becoming the biggest slave-trading nation in the world by the 1730s.

LONDON (AP) — A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies.

Here's a look at why the issue is getting attention now. What was Britain's role in the slave trade? Britain got involved in the slave trade in the mid-1500s, following Portugal and Spain.

LONDON (AP) — A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies ...

LONDON (AP) — A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies. Britain ...