Captain John Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony, heard from the Indians ... of Old World objects mixed in with Native American artifacts in the heart of a village. They include the remains ...
Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...
It also was the perfect name. The noun “colony” implies a like purpose for the constituents. For the Jamestown colony, established in 1607 in what is now Virginia, that purpose was ...
On the first day that the English landed at Virginia's Cape Henry -- still several weeks before they were to pick the site of there new settlement, Jamestown -- they were attacked by local Indians ...
The High Point Museum and the Historic Jamestown Society have joined together to host a program about the free people of color and African American families of Jamestown. Descendants of ...
Technology, multi media displays, newly discovered artifacts, and dramatic vignettes make learning fun. America’s birthplace story begins at Jamestown Settlement. Discover why desperate men ...