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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
He built a plantation about 30 miles upstream ... around her death are considered suspicious by others. Though Jamestown and the Virginia Colony that grew from it had found financial success ...
Why the first Thanksgiving may not have had the Pilgrims
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...
Richmond BizSense4d
Henricus to build new replica of colonial home amid search for more funding support
The nonprofit that runs Henricus Historical Park is embarking on the project while continuing its search for additional ...
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily5d
Kingsmill Residents Express Growing Concern Over Expansion that will Affect Historic Site
A growing opposition to a proposed expansion in Kingsmill prompted James City County (JCC) to host a community meeting on ...
PBS8y
The Terrible Transformation
1619 - A mystery ship drops anchor at Jamestown. Somewhere on the high ... and an African -- run away from a Virginia plantation. Captured and returned to Virginia, they are tried for breaking ...
PBS8y
Map: The British Colonies
1619: A Dutch ship brings the first permanent African settlers to Jamestown. Africans soon are put to work on tobacco plantations. 1663: A Virginia court decides that a child born to a slave ...
Orange County Register18d
Why the first Thanksgiving may not have had the Pilgrims
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and ... one of a number of plantations granted by the Virginia Co. of London to its stockholders. Prior to leaving England in September ...