This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Union Army Moves South.IntroductionThis battle was the first large
John Smith and Pocahontas
Today's installment concludes English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of Virginia by Robert Reid Howison published in 1846.If you
Jamestown Starves
They had little whereupon to feast, except a miserable compound of wheat and barley boiled with water, and even to the larger portion of this the
Jamestown Founded
On either side the distant land presented a scene of tranquil verdure, upon which the eye might rejoice to repose.Continuing English Settle
Preparations for the First Voyage
The London Company eagerly prepared for their proposed scheme of settlement.Continuing English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of
First Charter of the Government of Virginia
We will not now pause to consider it minutely either for praise or for blame.Continuing English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of
English Settle Virginia
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: James I Grants Patents for Virginia Colonization.IntroductionMore than a
Slavery and the American Revolution
Today's installment concludes Slavery Injected Into Virginia,the name of our combined selection from Charles Campbell and John M. Ludlow. The
English Royalty’s Support of Slavery
Queen Elizabeth had been a partner in the second voyage of Sir John Hawkins, the first English slave-captain.Continuing Slavery Injected Into