Such plots of land dotted Britain’s colonies and served as status symbols for the elite. They were the 18th-century equivalent of buying a Lamborghini. The garden in Williamsburg belonged to John ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... Africans soon are put to work on tobacco plantations. 1663: A Virginia court decides that a child ...

Initially, most local plantations were growing cotton and tobacco. However, strong competition from the North American colonies meant that prices in these crops were falling. In response ...

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...