Which nationality, when and who invented checkers?

Checkers 1880 was founded in Britain, and its English name is Halma (Greek for "jumping"). At first, the chessboard was square with 256 squares. At the beginning, the pieces were distributed in four corners, aiming to jump to the opposite corner as quickly as possible, and the rules were the same as checkers. Soon someone changed it into a star-shaped chessboard, which was patented by a German company, Ravensburger, called Stern-Halma. It became popular in the United States in the 1930s, and the name of Chinese checkers was changed. When this kind of chess was introduced to China, it was called Boqi. In fact, checkers did not originate in China.