America started attracting immigrants long before it became a country. Already in the late 1600s and early 1700s, there were ...

The remains of a home believed to date to the late 17th century belonging to an "affluent" owner have been unearthed in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. During an excavation, archaeologists ...

The shift from indentured servitude to racial slavery in the British colonies is evident in the development of the colonies' laws. • Virginia, 1639: The first law to exclude "Negroes" from ...