HISTORY TODAY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Declaration of Independence’, Black Loyalists, how England learned Old English, sacrifice and early Christianity, and the Hans Crescent strike.

Disputing the Declaration of Independence

That the United States declared its independence in July 1776 is well known; that the British state commissioned, but never published, a counter-declaration is not.

What Became of the Black Loyalists?

Hoping to weaken the rebels’ cause, Britain offered freedom to enslaved people who joined the British army. At the end of the American Revolutionary War that promised freedom had to be honoured – but how and where?

The Crusade of Hormuz

Looking for a new route to Jerusalem, medieval crusaders turned to the Strait of Hormuz.