The Bray School opened in 1760 and was North America’s first institution to educate both enslaved and free Black children. However, the Bray School’s underlying goals offer a stark example of the ...

Take away its legal sanction and subsidy, and the institution’s entire economic edifice crumbles.

The History of Virginia, from Its First Settlement to the Present Day by John Burk, John Daly Burk, Skelton Jones , Louis Hue Girardin. Publication date 1805 Publisher Printed for the author, by ...

The term “white slaves” emerged in the 17 th and 18 th centuries, first as a derogatory term for Irish laborers—equating their social position to that of slaves—later as political rhetoric ...

By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the end of the 19th century, Europeans had enslaved and transported more than 12.5 million Africans.

In a 2023 news release, S.L. Nusbaum Realty said Buc-ee’s is planning to open four Virginia locations over the next several years. In June 2023, Buc-ee’s paid $6.5 million for about 28 acres in New ...

Associate professor of history Gregory O’Malley has been honored with four awards this year for his latest book, Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807. The book ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mountain High Seltzer, the first legal cannabis seltzer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, is the first THC seltzer to be distributed by Hoffman ...

The busy season is back at First Landing State Park, Virginia's most visited park, and this year, guests can enjoy some new amenities. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 71°F.

Kilmar Abrego García returned to U.S., charged with human smuggling. The wrongly deported Maryland man was indicted after the government resisted court orders to return him to the United States.

Watch Virginia This Morning weekdays at 9 a.m. ... First Lady of Virginia, Suzanne Youngkin joined us to share more about the It Only Takes One initiative and National Naloxone Awareness Day.

The first report came in December 1995 – wolves killed a dog in Fishtail, Montana. By spring and early summer 1996, wolves had killed sheep on a ranch about 30 miles north of Yellowstone’s border.