Long before the establishment of Jamestown, English captains had made ... By 1640, however, with the growth of sugar plantations in the Caribbean and the corresponding need for labor, the views ...

1619: A Dutch ship brings the first permanent African settlers to Jamestown. Africans soon are put to work on tobacco plantations. 1663: A Virginia court decides that a child born to a slave ...

Jamestown has acquired a minority interest in Inman Quarter, the Atlanta-based company said Monday. The project anchors the historic intown neighborhood and is a block from the Atlanta Beltline's ...