Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following ... satisfaction was a modest life as a freeman in a burgeoning colonial economy. In 1619 the first black Africans came to ...

But that's not the way slavery was established in colonial America. It happened gradually ... was not one that was life-long. A slave could become free by converting to Christianity.

The Founders Festival at the Washington County Fair celebrates the 250th anniversary of the "Shot Heard ‘Round the World" and ...

This year’s Fort Edwards Colonial Feast, held at the Capon Bridge Community Complex on April 5, featured local historian Dave ...