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Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he “shocked and horrified” to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guy ...
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One city prides itself as the cradle of the working class. Here's why
As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace ...
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‘Death is a very poor painter’: the 19th-century craze for plaster casts
On the morning of 7 May 1821 an urgent task was performed at Longwood House on St Helena. A day and a half previously, the ...
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British School, 19th Century
Some 70 art galleries from the UK and around the world are exhibiting at the 12th annual Art London, which opens in the special marquee ...
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One city prides itself as the cradle of the working class. Here's why
but discussions about the political power of the working class first gained prominence in 19th century Britain. This is where, during the Industrial Revolution, a new urban working class was ...
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Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he "shocked and horrified" to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were ...