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King George V crosses a river in Nepal, 1912. “Historians have moved the discussion on empire in all sorts of directions over many years,” says Bronwen Everill. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The challenge of writing histories of the British empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A painting shows the West Africa Squadron ship The Black Joke engaging the Spanish slaver El Almirante in 1829. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Britain’s war on the slave ships: how the Royal Navy policed the Atlantic in the 19th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Vod Antonia Hylton - Madness WL

Video podcast Inside a Jim Crow asylum . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jason Okundaye (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Jason Okundaye on the Black gay community and its tensions: “The movement has always been a broad church” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Huey P Newton sat at an event.

Is The Big Cigar true? The real story of how a fake Hollywood film helped Black Panther Huey P Newton escape the FBI

An African samurai: the tall, strong African man who acquired the name Yasuke in Japan was at first an object of curiosity but soon became a prized samurai warrior serving a powerful warlord in the violent intrigues that wracked the country during that volatile era. ((Illustration by Lynn Hatzius for BBC World Histories)

Who is Yasuke? The true story of the African who became Japan’s first black samurai

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Zeinab Badawi (Photo by Jamie Simonds)

Zeinab Badawi on writing the history of a whole continent | “It is important to look at African history through the lens of African people themselves” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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OJ Simpson confers with lawyers during his murder trial

What the OJ Simpson trial revealed about modern America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Zeinab Badawi - Africa WL

An African perspective on the history of Africa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Jason Okundaye WL

Being Black and gay in postwar Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British author Sathnam Sanghera poses for a photograph in Hampstead

Sathnam Sanghera on the legacy of empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real Shirley Chisholm in 1974 and the Regina King in Netflix film 'Shirley'

Is Netflix’s Shirley a true story? The real history behind Chisholm’s astonishing achievements

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Vod Life - Frederick Douglass WL

Video podcast Life of the Week: Frederick Douglass . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Regency Masterclass, with Dr Lizzie Rogers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video Slavery and abolition . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.