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When the Past Speaks to the Present: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Recent years have witnessed an explosion of interest in, and historical scholarship about, American...
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Native American Discoveries of Europe
Native Americans discovered Europe at the same time Europeans discovered America. As far as we know, no birch bark canoes caught the gulf stream to...
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Martha Washington Creates the Role of First Lady
During nearly forty-one years of marriage, Martha and George Washington lived together in harmony and mutual enjoyment. Never did he play the overbearing patriarch nor she the querulous nag. Theirs was a peaceful domestic partnership, surrounded by family and...
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The Colonial Virginia Frontier and International Native American Diplomacy
Telling the story of Native Americans and colonial Virginians is a complex challenge clouded by centuries of mythology. The history of early settlement is dominated by the story of a preteen Pocahontas...
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Powhatan attack on Virginia settlements
Powhatan tribes, led by Opechancanough, launched a coordinated attack against English settlers in an effort to drive them out of Virginia. Nearly 350 colonists were killed.
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Slave conspiracy in American colonies
The first recorded slave conspiracy in the American colonies took place in Gloucester County, Virginia.
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A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
English mathematician and explorer Thomas Harriot published A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, describing the region and its people and resources. In addition to the English edition, the book was published in French, German, and Latin, allowing information about New World discoveries to spread throughout Europe.