St. Helena was colonised by the English in 1659, and at that time the use of slaves was commonplace. Slaves were first brought mostly from East Africa or Madag...
Napoleon Bonaparte (15th August 1769 to 5th May 1821), also known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped ...
There is an abundance of interesting historic buildings on St Helena which you can explore. In Jamestown alone, excluding the wharf, there are 18 Grade I List...
St. Helena’s role as a prison island started a long time before Napoleon. Portuguese Nobleman Fernão Lopez became a voluntary exile here as early as 1515, a...
From 1900 to 1902 St. Helena had to to house nearly 6,000 Boer prisoners-of-war. The first shipment of 514 prisoners arrived on the 10th April 1900, includin...
