Building a Bigger Table: Unveiling Jamestown Island’s Black history

On Sept. 24, more than 70 people gathered at Jamestown Settlement’s Robins Foundation Theater for “Introducing Jamestown 1862 ...
YES! Weekly

Black history in Jamestown discussed at First Thursday talk

Ruby Sapp Leach has been researching her genealogy for more than 55 years. That’s over half of her 91 years. She has found ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Descendants honor the legacy of Virginia’s first Africans during Jamestown Settlement event

JAMESTOWN —Wanda Tucker and Antonio D. Charity want to encourage others to learn more about their own family history, despite how difficult it may be. Their stories were part of Jamestown Settlement’s ...
WDBJ

This Day in History: Smith elected President of Jamestown Colony Council

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - September 10, 1608: John Smith was elected President of the Jamestown Colony Council in Virginia. Early in the colony’s history, times were difficult due to food shortages, ...

Jamestown colonists brought donkeys, not just horses, to North America, old bones reveal

The new analysis of animal remains found at Jamestown is the first to show that colonists also brought donkeys to the New ...