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COLONIAL TRADE

  • Advice on tax dodging and bribery from an 18th-century East India Company merchant

    Advice on tax dodging and bribery from an 18th-century East India Company merchant

    May 15, 2023 · 01:30 pm
  • How the Dutch East India Company sank as its corrupt officials made their fortunes in Bengal

    How the Dutch East India Company sank as its corrupt officials made their fortunes in Bengal

    Sep 04, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • How hostilities between the US and Britain affected the whale oil trade in the 19th century

    How hostilities between the US and Britain affected the whale oil trade in the 19th century

    Jul 13, 2022 · 01:30 pm
  • Nom-dom status and other imperial policies that still influence life in Britain today

    Nom-dom status and other imperial policies that still influence life in Britain today

    May 16, 2022 · 09:30 pm
  • Before Suez Canal, the British had considered another trade route to Asia

    Before Suez Canal, the British had considered another trade route to Asia

    Apr 01, 2021 · 07:30 pm
  • A woman’s account from 1800s reveals the plight of Indian indentured labour in the Caribbean

    A woman’s account from 1800s reveals the plight of Indian indentured labour in the Caribbean

    Jan 18, 2021 · 01:30 pm
  • How a Bombay merchant’s letter set off the British military campaign to dominate the Persian Gulf

    How a Bombay merchant’s letter set off the British military campaign to dominate the Persian Gulf

    Dec 26, 2020 · 01:30 pm
  • Europe’s scramble for a lucrative spice market began in Southeast Asia, not India

    Europe’s scramble for a lucrative spice market began in Southeast Asia, not India

    May 16, 2020 · 08:30 pm