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Study the Heart

Former slave Ignatius Sancho complained that Britain was denying to Africa the free trade and Christian principles she so badly needed.

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War

In 1775, London’s high-handed exploitation of her colonies for tax revenue began to look like a very expensive mistake.

Biographical Extracts

Montagu’s Frolic

John, Duke of Montagu, that irrepressible prankster, identified a sad-faced soldier in the Mall as the perfect mark.

Biographical Extracts

Ranelagh Gardens

Horace Walpole, a loyal patron of Vauxhall pleasure gardens, visits newly-opened rival Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea.

Daniel Defoe

The Weakness of Women

Daniel Defoe argues that it is in every man’s interest to watch the women in his life realise their full potential.

William Ewart Gladstone

Trusting the People

William Gladstone complained that some politicians talk about freedom but don’t trust the people enough to let them have any.