He built a plantation about 30 miles upstream from Jamestown, and for the first time, the colony was turning a profit. While things were finally looking rosy for the colonists, relations with the ...

Celebrating Black History in February and all year long is fundamental, writes. Black History is American History.

if only more laborers could be brought to the colony to clear land and cultivate the crops. The Virginia Company recruited more men and women, and in 1617, the first shipment of tobacco was sent ...

By Bill Lapadat This year America celebrates the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, the first permanent European settlement in America. It is truly a story of human qualities like cooperation, ...

That would mean that even before the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, the American melting pot already was bubbling with a diverse genetic mixture of English and Native Americans ...

click image for close-up Painted by John Gadsby Chapman more than 230 years after English settlers first ... of Jamestown's establishment, about 200 Indian warriors attacked the settlement.

The original structure was built in 1608, when settlers first arrived at the colony. Travelers can get ... something from the gift shop. Located in Jamestown, about 6 miles southeast of ...

This February, to celebrate Black History Month, Jamestown Settlement said it will feature several special programs to enhance its year-long gallery exhibits, rare ...

By Paul Cross, Spiritual Reflections In nine days, this country will observe the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va. While not as celebrated as Columbus’ discovery of the New ...

Jamestown Settlement’s popular Director’s Series will kick off its 2025 season on Wednesday with historian and author Thomas E. Chávez, who will focus on Spanish America and its intersections ...