colonies

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Most Muslims in the first American colonies had arrived from Africa as slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The mites now wreak havoc on American bee colonies by feeding on the insects and spreading a wing-deforming virus.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

For many years after independence in the 1960s, France maintained close economic, political and security ties in many of its former colonies, leading to widespread accusations that little had changed.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Meerkats live in underground colonies in southwestern Africa.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

With the Proclamation of 1763. the British Crown established what it considered a clear boundary for its colonies along the Atlantic Coast.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz