JAMESTOWN — The foundation that oversees preservation efforts at Historic Jamestowne recently received a state grant that will help it better tell the story of escaped slaves who came to Jamestown ...

History has often been compared to a jigsaw puzzle. Both have countless scattered pieces that must be collected and assembled to form a complete picture. On Sept. 24, more than 70 people gathered at ...

The first Africans in Jamestown were probably those captured in 1619 by Portuguese warring on the kingdom of Ndongo in west-central Africa. Privateers raiding a slave ship bound for the Spanish colony ...

The Terrible Transformation tells of the largest forced migration in recorded history and how this mass movement of people was instrumental in the creation of America. After establishing settlements ...