15. Anti-Colonial Uprisings Across the Empire
As the nineteenth and twentieth centuries unfolded, resistance transformed into broader anti-colonial movements across the British Empire. Drawing inspiration from earlier struggles, activists and communities organized mass uprisings—most notably the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya—against imperial rule. These movements combined political activism, armed struggle, and cultural assertion to demand self-determination. Anti-colonial uprisings embodied a legacy of defiance, demonstrating how the fight for freedom persisted and evolved long after slavery’s formal end.
