A Request for Assistance
By Thomas Mathew When Nathaniel Bacon rose against the colonial government in 1676, the royal governor and his burgesses realized they needed the Queen of Pamunkey's help to staunch the insurrection...
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The Beginning, Progress, and Conclusion of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, In...
bacon_confront.jpgBy T.M., a planter and representative from Stafford County But to return from this digression, the Susquehanoughs were newly driven from their habitations, at the head of Chesepiack...
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Good Wives, Nasty Wenches & Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in...
By Kathleen M. BrownA feminist examination of the roles of women of different classes--lower class white, upper class white, slave, and Indian--in colonial Virginia, with much reliance on primary...
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In Stafford County: Omens of 1675
cicada.jpgIn the year 1675 four interesting events were recorded in Stafford County. Three of these were considered omens of the fourth, and the fourth was considered of significance to the history of...
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