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Below are all the relevant This Sceptred Isle: Empire episodes relating to Central & South America and the United States of America. This series includes details of the first failed English Colony at Roanoke and the American War of Independence. Please note that later historical episodes involving this region will be covered in series three of Empire. Therefore, corresponding episode pages will be available when this series is broadcast.

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Eddie D'Sa
We are early in the series and let us hope that the 大象传媒 will move away from narrow patriotism and propaganda and onto a more inclusive vision. The empire has gone and it is time to hear not just the story of the victors but also of the victims. In Episode 6, the series writers have been bold enough to acknowledge that 鈥楬awkins was the first established English slave trader鈥� that he was supported by the Queen鈥� (He) kidnapped villagers鈥� would cross the Atlantic and sell his cargo鈥︹�� You may or may not know that Hawkins unashamedly adopted as his crest the figure of a slave bound heavily at the torso by rope.

Stephen
I live in California, a part of the US that was once a Spanish colony. In school, however, we're taught about our English heritage, which always struck me as funny since I'm a Chinese American. In any case, the English/British colonial experience is always emphasized. There's little taught about the Spanish, French, Swedish, Russian, and Dutch colonies in what became the US. Don't even get me started on Native Americans...they're not mentioned much at all.