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About - Encyclopedia Virginia
Mission Encyclopedia Virginia’s mission is to provide a free, reliable, multimedia resource that tells the inclusive story of Virginia for students, teachers, and communities who seek to understand h...
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Colonial Virginia - Encyclopedia Virginia
Virginia Indians Map of Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom In 1600, was occupied by 15,000 Algonquian-speaking Indians. They lived mainly along the , , and rivers in a land they called Tsenacomoco. Led by a ...
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The Abolition of Slavery in Virginia - Encyclopedia Virginia
Self-Emancipation during the Civil War Stampede Among the Negroes in Virginia—Their Arrival at Fortress Monroe. Thousands of enslaved people in effect freed themselves during the Civil War by escaping...
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Old Dominion - Encyclopedia Virginia
A popular and plausible tradition that appears in most histories and reference works is that referred to Virginia as his loyal old dominion at the time that he was restored to the throne in 16...
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Cities of Virginia - Encyclopedia Virginia
Background From 1722 until 1892, towns became cities only by act of the General Assembly, which issued a city charter in the form of a statute; after 1892 a town could also incorporate as a city by pe...
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Colonial Williamsburg - Encyclopedia Virginia
Beginnings W. A. R. Goodwin and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Colonial Williamsburg was the brainchild of the Reverend William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin. Once rector of the historic Bruton Parish Church i...