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Were there slaves in Elizabethan England?

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A brief history of the afterlife

A history of pandemics: from Spanish Flu to Covid-19. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Francis Drake’s forgotten role in the English slave trade

Britain and the slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 things you (probably) didn't know about ancient Egypt

7 key questions about the transatlantic slave trade – answered

A brief guide to the transatlantic slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Early Modern

Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important?

History Traveller, part 1: Meroë, Sudan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rutger Bregman’s optimistic history of the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When and how did Queen Cleopatra die and who killed her?

Medieval globetrotters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the world made us. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Searching for the pharaohs: where are the tombs of Ancient Egypt's missing kings and queens?

A new view of Africa’s past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Editor’s pick9 top articles from the BBC World Histories archive to read right now

"Afro-textured hair had no stigma before the dehumanisation of black people that emerged from slavery": Emma Dabiri discusses the changing perceptions of Afro-textured hair. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coronavirus: what might we learn from pandemics in the past?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coronavirus: a historical perspective. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dictators explained. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General ancient history

Spanish fly, holy bread and mashed worms: history's weirdest aphrodisiacs and love potions

6 lesser-known facts about the Ottoman Empire

The two faces of Robert Mugabe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War: beyond the western front. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Treasures of Tutankhamun. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Egypt galleryIn pictures: the glittering treasures of Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun unmasked: 7 intriguing truths about the pharaoh and his treasures

10 top cats in history

Slave revolt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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