The Grio

Germany’s president has apologized for colonial-era killings in Tanzania over a century ago

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president on Wednesday apologized for killings under colonial rule in Tanzania more than a century ago as he met descendants of an executed leader of a revolt against German ...

Discover overlooked Colonial-era slavery at NY's Philipsburg Manor

Philipsburg Manor offers unique history of slavery in the North, showcasing a Colonial trading center and the lives of ...
Yahoo

Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: ...
WBUR

Benjamin Franklin set out to conquer climate in the colonial era

Joyce Chaplin's new book "The Franklin Stove" is out now. (Book cover courtesy Farrar, Straus and Giroux; author photo courtesy Saffron Sener) The winter of 1740-41 was exceptionally cold and Benjamin ...
Connecticut Post

Walking tour to highlight Stratford's historic Colonial-era 'saltbox' houses

STRATFORD — The town’s early architectural history will be on display this weekend as part of a walking tour that will explore Colonial-era buildings and the lives of the people who called them home.

Communities debate 'colonial-era' restrictions on Black hair throughout the diaspora

Ongoing restrictions on Black hair across the diaspora are raising concerns about the persistence of colonial-era beauty ...
WAVY-TV

Archaeologists in Virginia unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in ...
Ars Technica

Is a colonial-era drop in CO₂ tied to regrowing forests?

Did the massive scale of death in the Americas following colonial contact in the 1500s affect atmospheric CO 2 levels? That’s a question scientists have debated over the last 30 years, ever since they ...
India West

Indian Army Replaces Colonial-Era Names Across 246 Sites

NEW DELHI — The Indian Army has announced the renaming of 246 roads, buildings, and facilities across its nationwide establishments as part of an extensive initiative to phase out colonial era ...