Category: Colonial America
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The American Revolution Formally Ended When Delegates of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France Signed the Treaty of Paris. September 3, 1783.
Image: Treaty of Paris, a 1783 portrait by Benjamin West depicting the American delegation at the Treaty of Paris, including (left to right): John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. The British delegation refused to pose, and the portrait was never completed. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September…
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Samuel Mason, a Patriot Captain in Command of Fort Henry on the Ohio Frontier, Survives a Devastating Native American Attack on the Fort.
Image: While on the Ohio River and later the Mississippi, Samuel Mason and his gang of river pirates chose flatboats, keelboats, and rafts as profitable targets to attack because of the valuable and plentiful cargo on board. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, August 31, 1777, Samuel Mason, a Patriot captain in command of…
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First Africans in Virginia. August 20, 1619.
Image: “Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619”. This 1901 illustration’s caption is incorrect, as The White Lion was an English privateer operating under a Dutch letter of marque, and landed at nearby Old Point Comfort. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, August 20, 1619, twenty Africans, kidnapped by the Portuguese in Angola,…
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History Daily: August 18
ROANOKE COLONY ABANDONED Image: 19th-century illustration depicting the discovery of the abandoned colony, 1590. (Wikimedia Commons.) On August 18, 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returns from a trip to England to find the settlement abandoned. White found no evidence of the whereabouts of the 100 colonists…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 