On January 7, 1608, a catastrophic fire tore through Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Occurring during an unforgiving winter, the blaze dealt a severe blow to an already struggling colony. Established in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London,…
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On December 19, 1606, three small ships slipped their moorings in England and headed west into the Atlantic, carrying with them an experiment whose consequences would reshape world history. The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery departed under the authority of the Virginia…
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Lord Dunmore’s bold proclamation in 1775 threw the American colonies into turmoil, forcing them to confront the deep contradictions between their ideals of freedom and their reliance on slavery. John Murray, better known as Lord Dunmore and the last Royal Governor of Virginia, issued…
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