Reverend Peter Fontaine, Defense of Slavery in Virginia George Washington was a wealthy Virginia planter whose life story speaks of the paradoxical attitude of whites of his time toward slavery.

The matchlock shown here was made around 1640, and is typical of the muskets used by militia in Colonial America ... solved a longstanding problem. Some time in the late 1500s, a lid was added ...

The story of these enslaved people at the settlement reflects the larger picture of Africans in North America during that time period. Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon, a wealthy sugar plantation owner on ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence ... while descriptions from the time reference lead statues of Greek deities and topiaries trimmed ...

Ranging in time from the sixteenth through the ... enlightening and insightful vignettes on the colonial period. It explores the movements of different groups of people throughout colonial Spanish ...

Surprisingly, given their hostility to Japan and their eagerness to depict the 1895-1945 colonial period as a dark age ...

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of the idea that protective tariffs can restore America's economic greatness, ...

especially in Colonial Williamsburg, which, with 301 acres, rightfully is called America’s largest “living museum” and a long-time fixture on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Families can experience living history at Colonial Market Days this weekend in Lebanon. Dedicated reenactors from all over the country will camp, sell their authentic handmade wares, and demonstrate ...

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and iCivics released a new game that uses the eve of the American Revolution to teach ...

The period in the world’s history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to the beginning of the Great War (1914) is ...

The Prime Minister talks with TIME about his balancing act at home and abroad and the lessons he says he learned from his ...