(See also: It was America's first colony. Then it was gone.) Mapping the ColonyPoint Comfort is one of the many features indicated on the extremely detailed map of the Virginia region that Captain ...

Of this number, fewer than 400,000, barely 4 percent, were imported to all of British North America. Nevertheless, this 400,000 was sufficient to establish racially based slavery in every British ...

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In 1870, about 50 women in Massachusetts voted in a local election – about 50 years before the 19th amendment to the U.S.

During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were established by the British. These colonies went to war against ...

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