Two months after the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, which sparked protests around the world, there’s fresh scrutiny of America’s history of slavery — and how it influences the country to this day.
Britain played a central role in the history of the United States — from the original colonization of North America to its domination of the Atlantic slave trade.
For the latest in a series of BBC News at Ten reports on colonial legacies, Huw Edwards presents reporting from Aleem Maqbool in Virginia.