I am proud to announce the launch of the newly redesigned Historic Port Royal website.
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The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 institutionalized racial segregation in Virginia by legally defining individuals as “white” or “colored” and enforcing the “one-drop rule.” Reinforcing wh1te supr8mac1st ideology.

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Barksdale Chronicles in America, Volume 2: The Descendants of William D. Barksdale

Kindle Edition

Traces 8 generations from Colonial Virginia to modern Georgia.

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Virginia Institute Historical Marker Near this spot stood the frame dwelling of David Frederick Bittle, pastor of Mt. (A historical marker located near Middlebrook in Augusta County, Virginia.)

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Virginia Institute near #MiddlebrookVA
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This illustration from the late nineteenth century shows Pocahontas, the young daughter of Powhatan, the chief of the Algonquian Indians of the Chesapeake, pleading for the life of John Smith, a leader of the Jamestown colony.

Whether it was an act of compassion, diplomacy, or misinterpretation, Smith’s account became one of the most referenced moments of early contact between Indigenous peoples and English settlers.

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My #HistoryBooks are available in all formats from #physical & #onlinestores #Automata #TravellingShows #CuriosityCabinets #WifeSelling #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #ExtremeWeather #NaturalDisasters #WelshHistory #SevernEstuary #BristolHistory #Manumission #VirginiaHistory #orphans

Out now on all major podcast platforms. A quiet Virginia road.
Four double homicides.
No suspects. No answers.
The Colonial Parkway Murders remain one of America’s most chilling unsolved cases…
and my next podcast episode dives into the darkness. #UnsolvedMysteries #VirginiaHistory #ColdCaseFiles

Out now on all major podcast platforms: the colonial Parkway murders.  #ColonialParkwayMurders #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #VirginiaHistory

My #HistoryBooks are still available in all formats from all outlets or you can ask your local #library to stock them. #TheGreatFloodOf1607 #ExtremeWrather #WifeSelling #WomensRights #VirginiaHistory #Manumission #ScienceHistory #Technology #TravellingShows

[424] It is Orderd by This Honoble Court that the Susquahannah Indians doe Still Continue in the possession of the Land they are now upon, Untill the Right Honoble the Governor Shall ordr to the Contrary and that Capt Wm Bird Goe upp to the aforesaid Indians & Demand two Hostages of them & take Care that they are ye Children of Great men & Betweene four & Eight years of Age. [542] Bird, Capt. William… to demand hostages of Susquehanna Indians, 425.

(4/4) Source: Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia: 1622-1632, 1670-1676, page 424, 542. #indigenoushistory #history #indigenous #susquehannock #haudenosaunee #colonialhistory #assimilation #historicalresearch #virginiahistory #virginia #legalhistory

I love doors. This one was located at George Washington’s Headquarters in historic Winchester VA Copy and Paste link to see all of the photo merch you can get with this door! https://kathi-isserman.pixels.com/featured/jail-door-kathi-isserman.html

A jail door in historic Winchester VA

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Log cabin hearth 1700s in Winchester VA

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Today in 1619.

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Roy Palmore advocates to save Powhatan's Pogons Complex from demolition Roy Palmore urges preservation of Pogons Complex citing historical and financial concerns.

A heartfelt plea from graduate Roy Palmore ignites a community's fight to save the historic Pogons Complex, a vital piece of Powhatan's African American heritage.

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City Jail: A Site of Racial Terror in Alexandria Historical Marker At this intersection, a jail opened in 1827 when Alexandria was a part of Washington, D.C. In the 19th century, it housed criminals, debtors, and Civil War military prisoners. (A historical marker lo...

#OtD in 1899, a man named Benjamin Thomas was lynched in #AlexandriaVA

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My first official fun read for the summer! #witchofpungo #witchduck #virginiahistory #summerreading

This powerful document became a blueprint for the U.S. Bill of Rights, influencing the freedoms we cherish today. Virginia led the way in defining the rights of the people! 🇺🇸

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⛪️ Tucked in Fort Belvoir, the Accotink United Methodist Church Cemetery tells the story of a once-tiny town. Built in 1880, its hillside graves hold names like Mason, Tyler & Dove - echoes of a lost rural past. #FxGS #CemeteryStories #VirginiaHistory

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