colonial

King Charles III will acknowledge the "darkest days" of colonial rule and slavery while touring Caribbean countries on a visit beginning this month, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The artist was Jeremias Schultz, a Berliner born in 1723 who resettled in the Netherlands and established himself as a painter of the Dutch colonial empire’s merchant class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

And Indonesia’s independence leader, Sukarno, welcomed the Japanese as they drove out or jailed Dutch colonial officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Experts were amazed the site was intact, as previous discoveries had found looted and destroyed remains from the colonial era.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

People called it different names according to their languages, but when the white men came in the colonial days, they named it the Volta.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Their seasoned troops, reinforced by Hessian mercenaries, faced an amateurish and poorly provisioned army of colonials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Proponents of prohibition argued that drinking culture was alien to India – while that’s debatable, the colonials filled their coffers with the liquor tax and certainly encouraged it.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025

The wealthiest and most international city in America, its grand mansions and comfortable houses would obviously be useful as a base for an invading army that was just beginning a campaign against uppity colonials.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

“It’s English food, but refracted through an Indian lens,” Kamicheril says — a legacy of colonials with palates newly awakened to the possibilities of spice.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

Fortunately there were all sorts and types of colonials.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie