Jamestown, founded in 1607, ... which by that time consisted of more than 1,000 people on several plantations. In 1622, he launched a surprise attack in an attempt to wipe out the colony. ...

Richard Lee, a retired special-education director from Jamestown, and other opponents of the measure had argued the word “plantation” had no association with slavery when Roger Williams ...

You can see them across the James River from Sherwood Forest and Weyanoke plantations, both on the Peninsula side of the river in Charles City. Upper Brandon goes back to Jamestown settler John ...

Jamestown’s […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 83°F. Wednesday, June 4th 2025 ... often lived together on Virginia plantations at least up through the 1690s, ...

Anne Burras was only 14 when she arrived in Jamestown, Va., ... Va. Little is known of her life, although records place her at William and Joan Pierce’s plantation in Jamestown in 1625.

Items found in the remains of a 17th-century well provide glimpses into the early life of the historic Jamestown settlement and its struggles for survival, archaeologists say.

Of the 20 to 30 men and women who arrived in Jamestown that August, most were sent to work on tobacco plantations run by Yeardley and Piersey. Others toiled for Jamestown’s most prosperous ...

Guardians of Jamestown: 1619. Influence of Tobacco on Jamestown. Episode 5 | 4m 59s. The Jamestown colonists found a new way to make money for The Virginia Company: tobacco.