“The Act was the first piece of legislation in the #Britishcolonies to restrict the #slavetrade and it changed the trajectory of life for the generations of people of African descent that followed.”

The History Files: Colonial New Zealand

Colonial New Zealand: in 1859, the #Maori established a kingship which revolted against the British #NewZealand colony and it took British forces until 1881 to successfully suppress that revolt.

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British Honduras - Scott # 226-29

Complete set, mint, never hinged

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"A cry of defiance, and not of fear": Did Paul Revere Ride Alone? | Readex In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson, sequestered in a Philadelphia boarding house, drafted the Declaration of Independence as an "expression of the American mind." Just weeks later, on July 2, Congress vot...

"A cry of defiance, and not of fear": Did Paul Revere Ride Alone?

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If you scroll just a bit you will see how after being tricked & horrifically wronged, the native Americans got their revenge on Frost.
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