British merchants slave trade abolition 1807

Britain banned a trade its merchants had led

British merchants transported nearly 3.3 million enslaved Africans on British or British-colonial ships. Britain later became a leading force in worldwide abolition, banning the trade in 1807 and slavery in its empire in 1833.

An English diary records baseball in 1755

A handwritten English diary entry from 1755 records a game called “base ball.” It places the game in England decades before the traditional mid-19th-century U.S. origin story, and supports the possibility that English settlers carried it across the Atlantic.

Some viruses can make their hosts more resistant to bacterial infections

Viruses are usually discussed as causes of disease, but some persistent viral infections can alter a host's immune response in useful ways. Experiments in mice have shown that certain latent herpesvirus infections can temporarily improve resistance to particular bacterial pathogens. The effect depends on the virus, host and circumstances; it does not mean viral infections are generally beneficial.

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British merchants slave trade abolition 1807

Britain banned a trade its merchants had led

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