COLONIAL TRADE
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Advice on tax dodging and bribery from an 18th-century East India Company merchant
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How the Dutch East India Company sank as its corrupt officials made their fortunes in Bengal
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How hostilities between the US and Britain affected the whale oil trade in the 19th century
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Nom-dom status and other imperial policies that still influence life in Britain today
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Before Suez Canal, the British had considered another trade route to Asia
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A woman’s account from 1800s reveals the plight of Indian indentured labour in the Caribbean
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How a Bombay merchant’s letter set off the British military campaign to dominate the Persian Gulf
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Europe’s scramble for a lucrative spice market began in Southeast Asia, not India