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Public Hospital : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBHospital moved to new location in 1960. Colonial Williamsburg acquired the property in the 1960s, when the hospital moved to land provided by John D. Rockefeller Jr., west of the …

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Richard Henry Lee : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBRevolutionary statesman, brother of Francis Lightfoot, William, and Arthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee was the seventh of the eleven children of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee, …

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Introduction to Colonial African American Life : The Colonial

WEBIntroduction to Colonial African American Life Slavery existed in every colony. At the dawn of the American Revolution, 20 percent of the population in the thirteen colonies was of …

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Apothecaries : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBA woman walked into the Pasteur & Galt Apothecary Shop on Duke of Gloucester Street, and putting herself into an 18th-century state of mind, she approached the interpreter …

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America thre Scenic : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBColonial Williamsburg journal, a popular history magazine about historic Williamsburg its people.

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Tailor : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History & Citizenship Site

WEBThe word “tailoring” means “the art of cutting” in many languages, and indeed, it is the cut of the fabric that makes a garment fit the body to perfection. A tailor’s skill in measuring an …

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The Brush-Everard House : The Colonial Williamsburg Official …

WEBBrush, a gunsmith and armorer who died in 1727, left an early example of the fashionable center-passage plan house on the east side of Palace green for his successors to …

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Slavery in the Americas Slavery and Remembrance

WEBBy 1750 about 145,000 slaves were working in Virginia and Maryland, mainly in tobacco, and another 40,000 were transported to South Carolina for work in rice cultivation. Only …

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Jamaica Slavery and Remembrance

WEBIn 1962, after unanimous approval of the national legislature, Jamaica declared its independence. Through sites and objects from across the globe, Slavery and …

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Mary Prince Slavery and Remembrance

WEBMary Princecirca 1788 — after 1833. This engraving, A Brazilian Siesta, or Afternoon Nap, depicts a domestic female slave fanning her mistress while she relaxes. Mary Prince …

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Child-Bed Linen : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBThe study of child-bed linen proved an interesting challenge for this twentieth-century interpreter. The reproduction of them, in the eighteenth-century manner, was the key to …

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Transatlantic Slave Trade Slavery and Remembrance

WEBThe transatlantic slave trade was an oceanic trade in African men, women, and children which lasted from the mid-sixteenth century until the 1860s. European traders loaded …

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African Diaspora Culture Slavery and Remembrance

WEBMajor disasters, and huge loss of life, sometimes occurred on slave ships because of water shortages. In the Americas, foodstuffs from Africa such as rice, ackee, and yams, as …

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Slave Labor Slavery and Remembrance

WEBAfter the sugarcane-derived products were produced, slave labor was used to transport the commerce to barges and ships for export into the Atlantic economy. Domestic slaves …

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Middle Passage Slavery and Remembrance

WEBMiddle Passage African canoes and European sailing vessels, Corisco Island, Equatorial Guinea, mid-19th century. [Drawings of Western Africa, University of Virginia Library, …

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The Caribbean Slavery and Remembrance

WEBThe Caribbean Sugar mill with vertical rollers, French West Indies, 1665. [Charles de Rochefort, Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l’Amérique … (Rotterdam, …

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