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 ...

Early Residents of Jamestown Colony Were Forced to Eat the Local Dogs of Indigenous Americans Humans have raised livestock ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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, ...

For the Jamestown colony, established in 1607 in what is now Virginia, that purpose was establishing the first English settlement in the new world. Yaddo is an artist’s colony, where creative ...

From mutiny at sea to sealed instructions, this is the first step in a journey that echoes to this day. We use cookies to give you the best online experience. Strictly necessary cookies are on by ...

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 ...

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 ...