The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but ...

Shoe leather was found in a well; a fancifully decorated tool helped early colonists clean their ears and pick their teeth (above). Glass wine bottles found in a cellar date to the colony's later ...

Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...

Dialects have two main causes. The first is isolation; early colonists had only sporadic contact with the mother country. The second is exposure to other languages, and the colonists came into ...

In August 1777, colonists from New York and Massachusetts ... We should celebrate the courage of those early New Yorkers and echo their declaration of no kings in America. Raise your voices ...

Georgian Colonial Homes Were Influenced By British Settlers Georgian colonial homes were constructed by early English colonists, with this architecture a part of what was known as the "Georgian ...

Spatial practices rooted in Algonquian cosmology and centered on Werowocomoco shaped the origins of the Powhatan chiefdom and early colonial history through which Powhatans sought to incorporate the ...