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Public Hospital : The Colonial Williamsburg Official …

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 city. In 1972, archaeologists uncovered and …

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History of the Restoration : The Colonial Williamsburg Official …

WEBFailing health forced him to resign from his pulpit in 1938, after the Restoration was as finished as it seemed then it would ever be (though work still goes on in Williamsburg). …

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Apothecaries : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBHealth wellness is simply relevant to our existence, no matter the time period," Cotner said. "If you want to understand society back then, knowing how they treated illnesses is …

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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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The African American Family : The Colonial Williamsburg Official

WEBThe African American Family. Most of Virginia’s slave population came from West Africa where kinship was at every level of society. Each person was a member of a people, a …

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Slavery in the Americas Slavery and Remembrance

WEBIn addition, work in the sugar fields, where men tended to outnumber women, was severely taxing and general health was worse than in other slave work. Products and Labor. One …

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Our little colonial house : The Colonial Williamsburg Official …

WEBby Mary Miley Theobald. First light paints the old Bassett Hall farmstead with the tranquility the Rockefellers sought in a Williamsburg home. The house dates to …

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James Innes : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBIll health plagued him in his later years and caused him to decline federal office. He did, however, accept temporary appointments. While serving as a commissioner to examine …

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Bruton Parish Church : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBGoodwin undertook another restoration in 1937 when the walls of the church were found to be in danger of collapse. Dr. Goodwin's health failed the next year, and Colonial …

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Transatlantic Slave Trade Slavery and Remembrance

WEBAbout 11 million survived the Middle Passage to landfall and life in the Americas. The transatlantic slave trade was an oceanic trade in African men, women, and children …

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Teacher Institute Participant Guide

WEBWelcome to the 2020 Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute of Colonial Williamsburg Participant’s Guide! We are delighted to have you join us for an exciting session learning …

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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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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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African Diaspora Culture Slavery and Remembrance

WEBSlave owners rationed food to their slaves. Some enslaved people fished, hunted wild animals, and grew crops in gardens allotted to them by their owners. Some domestic …

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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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Bridgetown, Barbados Slavery and Remembrance

WEBBridgetown is the capital of the island nation of Barbados, the easternmost of the Caribbean islands. Portuguese and Spanish explorers identified the island in the fifteenth and …

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People of Williamsburg : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History

WEBRichard Henry Lee. statesman, lawyer, planter. Planter who was a defender of colonial rights and was aligned with Patrick Henry as a strong opponent of the Stamp Act.

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Jamaica Slavery and Remembrance

WEBThrough a series of social, political, and legal actions in the decades that followed, Jamaicans asserted greater autonomy from the crown. In 1962, after unanimous …

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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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Sidebar: In Love With Letters : The Colonial Williamsburg Journal

WEBTo J W Hopkins Esq from J Dandridge: Pamocra Aug: 30th 1793 Dr. Hopkins. I suppose by this time you have returned from the Springs & I hope the object of your journey thither …

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Economics and Slave Trade Slavery and Remembrance

WEBEconomics and Slave Trade Portrait of a young black man. [Museum of Aquitaine] In this print from 1789, a West India merchant enjoys all the rewards of his successful career, …

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