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This course will explore the rise and fall of Britain’s Empire. It is a history of the indigenous people’s resistance to and of those enslaved to work in the colonies of Empire. From Tacky’s slave war in Jamaica, to the 20th century ‘Liberation’ movements in Ireland, India, Asia, and Africa. We will examine, amongst other things, Pontiac’s War in North America, to the Maori Wars in New Zealand and the Xhosa and Ashanti wars in southern Africa. Resistance from Afghanistan to Zululand was endemic. Who were the ‘heroes’ of Empire? Are there any real heroes? Who lost and who benefited? benefited?