colonial

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Antique maps and other geological archives are at the heart of an increasingly ugly showdown between Belgium’s colonial museum and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Lumumba, an outspoken critic of Belgium's colonial rule, became his country's first prime minister after it gained independence in 1960.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

As the historian Daniel Dreisbach has observed, the King James Bible was “the most accessible, authoritative, and venerated text in early colonial society.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Felipe's words, posted by the Spanish royal household's official Instagram account, mark the first time that a Spanish monarch has publicly acknowledged abuses during the country's colonial era.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

In colonial America, both white and black people came as indentured servants, including some of those who sailed aboard the Mayflower.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis