Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...

Did Patrick Henry just lead us into war? Or is that war already upon us? These are the questions we must now confront after ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Virginia Magazine of History and Bio... The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 5, ...

Virginia & The Forging of a Nation at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture explores Virginia’s pivotal role in America’s ...

1607: First permanent English colony in North America was established in Jamestowne. 1661: Virginia's House of Burgesses established the lifelong servitude of Africans. 1790: Virginia's slave ...

The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine Vol. 22, No. 1, Jul., 1913 Notes from the Journal of the House of B... Notes from the Journal of the House of Burgesses, 1727-1734 This is ...

(Courtesy of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation) A 1723 law denied free Black men the right to vote for representatives in Virginia’s Colonial legislature, the House of Burgesses. Flora ...

In June 1774, Virginia’s House of Burgesses responded to Britain’s punitive closure of Boston’s port with a resolution ...