Trading Thomas, Jamestown’s Boy Interpreter is a book of recent vintage by novelist Ora Smith. Like the title implies, it’s the story of a young teen named Thomas Savage. Thomas arrives in England’s Jamestown colony early in its history. Soon, he becomes an interpreter, a go-between for the colonists of Jamestown and the Native Americans […]
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The First Slaves in Virginia – 1619 as a Tragic Year in America
While it’s never fun to look at the unfortunate truths of a nation’s past, unfortunate events are often important ones. The first slaves in Virginia are a great example of this. When they arrived at Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619, life in colonial Virginia changed. Some of the changes took time, as we’ll see, but […]